THY was unable to catch up with the pre-pandemic period in passenger numbers and occupancy

While Turkish Airlines (THY) passenger numbers were 71.82 million in 2022, it was 3.3 percent below the pre-pandemic period in 2019.

THY’s passenger number was 74.28 million in 2019.

According to the traffic results reported by THY to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP), the passenger load factor in 2022 decreased 1 percentage point compared to 2019 and reached 80.6%.

DOMESTIC DECREASE, INTERNATIONAL INCREASE

In said period, the number of passengers on domestic flights decreased by 16.3 percent to 25.49 million, and on international lines increased by 5.7 percent to 46.33 million.

Passenger load factor decreased 0.3 points to 85.8 percent on domestic flights; In international lines, it decreased 0.9 points to 80.1 percent.

1.1 PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN DECEMBER 2022 COMPARED TO DECEMBER 2019

In December, THY passenger numbers increased 1.1 percent compared to December 2019 to 5.54 million, while passenger load factor increased 0.9 points to 81.6 percent. .

While the number of THY aircraft, which was 350 in 2019, increased to 394 in 2022; Seating capacity increased by 15.9 percent to 80,012. (Reuters)