Istanbul: Turkish Airlines announced Monday that it set new daily passenger and flight records during the first weekend of August.

According to Anadolu Agency, the Turkish flag carrier transported 248,922 passengers on Saturday, setting a new daily record for Turkish Airlines operations, as reported by a company statement through US social media firm X. The airline group exceeded that figure on Sunday, carrying a total of 352,715 passengers, which included 248,318 on Turkish Airlines flights and 104,397 through its low-cost subsidiary AJet.

Turkish Airlines and AJet collectively operated 1,970 passenger flights on Sunday, comprising 1,388 Turkish Airlines services and 582 AJet flights. When Turkish Cargo operations were included, the group's total daily flight count reached an unprecedented high of 2,034.

The airline expressed its expectation to set further records during August as part of its efforts to bolster Trkiye's standing in global aviation. In the first half of this year, Turkish Airlines carried 44.5 million passengers, marking a 5.5% increase from the same period last year, while its passenger load factor rose by 2.3 percentage points to 83.7%.

International passenger numbers saw a 6.6% increase to 29.4 million from January to June, while domestic passenger traffic grew by 3.6% to 15.1 million. Cargo and mail volume rose by 13.3% to nearly 1.16 million tons during the same period.

In 2025, the group transported 92.6 million passengers, an annual growth of 8.8%, with international passenger traffic increasing by 11.3% to 60.7 million. Its cargo and mail volume also rose by 8.4% to nearly 2.17 million tons last year.

Turkish Airlines operates a fleet of 563 aircraft, including 28 freighters, and covers a network of 358 destinations - 53 domestic and 305 international - across 133 countries.