

Turkish Airlines reported a 47 percent increase in cargo revenue to $4 billion compared to $2.7 billion in 2020 on cargo operations continuing at full capacity with freighters and about 15 wide body passenger aircraft being utilised for cargo operations. While cargo revenue carried by passenger aircraft more than doubled (161 percent) to $1.2 billion, revenue from cargo aircraft operations was up 25 percent to $2.8 billion.
Turkish carried 1.87 million tonnes cargo in 2021, an increase of 22% from 2019 (comparison made with 2019 to account for Covid restrictions of flights in 2020). Domestic cargo carried dropped 21 percent to 55,427 tonnes, international cargo increased 24 percent to 1.8 million tonnes. "According to data revealed by The International Air Transport Association (IATA), Turkish Cargo ranked in fifth place among global air cargo carriers excluding integrated cargo carriers in 2021 in terms of carried cargo tonnage. Turkish Airlines takes firm steps forward to be one of the largest air cargo carriers in the world by increasing its market share in the global air cargo market," says the management in its board activity report released with the annual results.
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