Turkish Airlines serves 83.4M passengers in 2024
The number of passengers carried by Turkish Airlines rose 2.1% on a yearly basis to 83.4 million in 2024, according to a statement Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
Türkiye's flag carrier served 31.7 million international passengers, up 6.4%, it said.
The load factor dropped by 0.4 percentage points to 82.2% year-on-year in 2024, it noted, adding it was at 81.8% for international flights and 85.8% for domestic flights.
The firm also carried 2 million tons of cargo and mail, up by 20.6% year-on-year.
In December alone, it carrier 6.4 million passengers, up 5.3% from the same month in 2023.
The carrier had a fleet of 492 aircraft as of December 2024.
Earlier it was reported that balloon tourism in Türkiye could attract nearly 2 million passengers by 2030 with the introduction of new routes, according to the head of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TURSAB).