Turkish Airlines carried 9 million passengers in September 2026, according to its latest traffic results, while cargo volumes rose 13 per cent from a year earlier.

The international load factor, the share of seats filled, was 86.6 per cent. The domestic load factor was 88.2 per cent.

Capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASK), rose 2.5 per cent to 24.6 billion from 24 billion in September 2025. One ASK is one seat flown one kilometre. Cargo and mail totalled205,700 tonnes.

For January to September, passenger numbers rose 5.2 per cent to 73 million compared with the same period of 2025. The total load factor was 85 per cent, with international flights at 84.8 per cent and domestic flights at 86.7 per cent.

ASK increased 4.4 per cent to 212.2 billion from 203.3 billion. Cargo and mail climbed 10.6 per cent to 1.8 million tonnes from 1.6 million tonnes.

September’s cargo growth of 13 per cent was faster than the nine-month rate.

The airline had 567 aircraft in its fleet at the end of September.

The figures are consolidated and cover the Turkish Airlines main brand and AJet.