Effects of Covid-19 on Aviation Sector in Turkey

The civil aviation industry is one of the sectors most affected by the pandemic. In this study, it is aimed to reveal how the civil aviation industry in Turkey has been affected by Covid-19. In this research, document analysis method, which is the quantitative research methods, was used to obtain the results. The universe of the research is the flight data of Turkish Airlines. The sample of the research consists of Turkish Airlines’ number of flights, revenue, number of passengers, cargo revenue, load factor and flight cancellations in 2019, 2020 and 2021. According to the results obtained from the study, the number of flights, revenue, number of passengers and load factor of Turkish Airlines in 2020 decreased significantly compared to 2019.