THY Turkish Airlines, one of the fastest growing airlines in Europe, carried 8.2 million passengers in the January to May period, up 15.6 percent year-on-year, it said on Wednesday.
The Turkish flag carrier said in a statement to the stock market that available seat kilometres rose 9.8 percent year-on-year to 17.3 million for the five-month period, and revenue passenger kilometres rose 14.9 percent to 12.5 million.
THY has said it aims to increase passenger traffic to 23.5 million in 2008, up from 19.6 million passengers last year.
