Turkish Airlines sets new daily record with 352,715 passengers

Turkish Airlines announced on Monday, 3 August 2026, that it had set new daily passenger and flight records during the first weekend of August. The carrier transported 248,922 passengers on Saturday, 1 August, and surpassed that on Sunday, 2 August, carrying a total of 352,715 passengers, including 248,318 on Turkish Airlines flights and 104,397 through its low cost subsidiary AJet.

According to the company, Turkish Airlines and AJet operated a combined 1,970 passenger flights on Sunday, and once Turkish Cargo operations were included, the group's total daily flight count reached an all time high of 2,034.

The carrier flew 44.5 million passengers in the first half of 2026, up 5.5% from the same period a year earlier, while its passenger load factor rose 2.3 percentage points to 83.7%. The group operates a fleet of 563 aircraft, including 28 freighters, and its network spans 358 destinations across 133 countries.