Turkish Airlines Fighting with World Rivals

The most valuable airline brands of 2016

2016  2015
1 1 Emirates Airlines
2 2 Delta
3 5 American Airlines
4 6 British Airways
5 3 United
6 8 Air China
7 7 Southwest
8 11 Qatar Airways
9 10 China Eastern Airlines
10 4 Lufthansa
11 16 China Southern Airlines
12 15 ANA
13 9 Singapore Airlines
14 14 Turkish Airlines
15 13 Cathay Pacific
16 12 Air France
17 21 Qantas
18 17 Japan Airlines
19 19 Etihad Airways
20 20 KLM
21 32 Air Canada
22 22 Easyjet
23 28 Virgin Atlantic

24 24 Ryanair

 Mavi Boncuk |


More than 35.5 million air travelers went through Turkey’s airports in the first three months of 2017, according to statistics released by the General Directorate of State Airports Authority.

The number of passengers on international flights fell 7 percent year-on-year to almost 12.5 million in the first quarter.

In the same period, the number of passengers taking domestic flights in Turkey fell 0.3 percent compared to the first quarter of last year.

Turkish airports served nearly 385,734 planes between January and March, a drop of 1.1 percent from the same period last year, including the number of overflights.

The amount of air cargo in the first five months of the year rose 3.8 percent to some 640,686 tons.