Turkish Airlines sees 3.8pct rise in passenger numbers

Data published on Friday show passenger increases on domestic, international routes

ANKARA (AA) – Turkish Airlines carried 42.7 million passengers between January-August this year -- up 3.8 percent compared to the same period of 2015, the company said in a stock filing on Friday.

Increases in domestic and international routes were 4.8 percent and 3.0 percent respectively while international-to-international transfer passengers surged by 17.7 percent.

The seat occupancy rate was down 4.4 points to 74.4 percent.

Available Seat Kilometers (ASK) offered by the company was 114.2 billion during the January-August 2016 period, up 14.1 percent from a year earlier.

Increases in ASK on domestic and international routes were 6.1 percent and 15.3 percent respectively.

By the end of August 2016, the number of destinations Turkish Airlines flew to was 290 compared to 277 as of August 2015.

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