Turkish Airlines passenger numbers up by 9 percent
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Turkish Airlines (THY) carried 11.2 million in the first half of the year, a rise of 9 percent from a year earlier, according to the press release from the carrier.
The THY said in a statement that number of passengers increased 9.1 percent to 11.2 million in the January-June period of 2009 from 10.3 million in the same period 2008. Meanwhile, amount of cargo carried by the THY rose 7.1 percent to 101,645 tons in the first half of the year from 94,891 tons in the same period previous year.
The Istanbul-based airline has launched a large-scale expansion programme, with plans to buy up to 105 wide-bodied and single-aisle aircraft from Boeing and Airbus. The carrier, partly owned by the Turkish state, signed a deal in December 2008 to procure a 49 percent stake in Bosnia's Muslim-Croat federation flag-carrier BH Airlines. THY said business class passenger numbers on its international flights rose 7.8 percent in January-February, while international transit passengers were up 51 percent.
Social BookmarkingThe THY said in a statement that number of passengers increased 9.1 percent to 11.2 million in the January-June period of 2009 from 10.3 million in the same period 2008. Meanwhile, amount of cargo carried by the THY rose 7.1 percent to 101,645 tons in the first half of the year from 94,891 tons in the same period previous year.
The Istanbul-based airline has launched a large-scale expansion programme, with plans to buy up to 105 wide-bodied and single-aisle aircraft from Boeing and Airbus. The carrier, partly owned by the Turkish state, signed a deal in December 2008 to procure a 49 percent stake in Bosnia's Muslim-Croat federation flag-carrier BH Airlines. THY said business class passenger numbers on its international flights rose 7.8 percent in January-February, while international transit passengers were up 51 percent.
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