Available seat kilometres (ASK) rose by 2.5 per cent year on year, from 24 billion in September 2025 to 24.6 billion in September 2026. Cargo and mail volumes increased by 13 per cent compared with September 2025, reaching 205,700 tonnes.
Across the first nine months of 2026, Turkish Airlines also reported that passenger numbers climbed by 5.2 per cent year on year to 73 million.
The overall passenger load factor stood at 85 per cent, with the international load factor at 84.8 per cent and the domestic figure at 86.7 per cent. Available seat kilometres increased by 4.4 per cent, from 203.3 billion in the first nine months of 2025 to 212.2 billion in the same period of 2026.
Cargo and mail volumes grew by 10.6 per cent year on year, from 1.6 million tonnes to 1.8 million tonnes.
The airline’s fleet now comprises of 567 aircraft by the end of September 2026.
