Turkish Airlines carries 85.3M passengers in January-November, soaring 8.4%

Total passenger load factor at 83.2% this January-November: international at 82.9%, and domestic at 86.3%

Türkiye's flag carrier Turkish Airlines carried 8.4% more passengers this January to November compared to the same period last year, with 85.3 million. International-to-international transfer passengers rose 12.8% to 32.5 million year-on-year this January-November, the airline said on Tuesday. The total passenger load factor was at 83.2% this January-November; international passenger load factor was 82.9%, while domestic load factor was 86.3%. The company's total cargo and mail volume rose 7.6% from 1.8 million tons in 2024 to 2 million tons in 2025, as of the end of November. In November alone, Turkish Airlines carried a total of 7.4 million passengers, with an international load factor of 84.3% and a domestic load factor of 86.8%. International-to-international transfer passengers jumped 18.9% from 2.4 million in November 2024 to 2.9 million in the same period in 2025. Cargo and mail volume rose 14.8% this November compared to the same period in 2024, reaching 190,700 tons. As of the end of November, Turkish Airlines has a 513-aircraft fleet.