The leading brand of road passenger transportation in Türkiye Kamil KoçIn 2025, it continued to bring distant places closer and bring people together with their loved ones for millions of traveling companions. Reinforcing its leadership in the sector with the number of flights it carries out throughout the year, the passenger volume it reaches and its expanding operation network. Kamil Koçhas shared more than 10 million travel stories.
Türkiye’s well-established travel brand Kâmil Koç announced the data for 2025. Kâmil Koç, which has entered its 100th year on its journey as Türkiye’s first travel company in 1926; With its high service quality, it became the preferred brand of unique journeys in 2025.
Kamil Koç’s expeditions circumnavigated the world 100 times.
According to the data covering the period between January 1 and December 31, 2025, the total distance traveled by Kamil Koç’s buses traveling all over Türkiye throughout the year corresponded to a size that could cover the road network in Türkiye 57 times, circumnavigate the world almost 100 times and reach the Moon approximately 10 times. When lined up side by side, the same buses represented an operational force that would cover the surface area of Türkiye approximately 12 times, the European continent once and the Sea of Marmara 868 times.
The favorite route of the year was once again the Bursa-Istanbul line
Kamil Koç helped write millions of different travel stories this year, too. However, the favorite line of the year remained unchanged. The most preferred line of Kâmil Koç, which provides service all over Türkiye, especially in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Antalya, is again Bursa-Istanbul. This was followed by the Ankara-Istanbul and Ankara-Kayseri routes. In addition to regular demand throughout the year, these lines stood out as the routes with the highest passenger mobility during busy travel periods.
There was high demand during holidays and semester breaks
Kamil Koç became the choice of passengers during holidays and holidays with its affordable ticket prices. The route preferences of passengers using the company in this period were similar to the previous year. While the highest density was experienced on the Ankara-Istanbul, Bursa-Istanbul and Ankara-Kayseri lines during the Eid al-Fitr; During Eid al-Adha, Bursa-Istanbul (Europe), Ankara-Istanbul (Europe) and Ankara-Kayseri routes were the most used routes by passengers.
During the semester break, when student mobility reached a high level, Bursa-Istanbul (Europe), Ankara-Istanbul (Europe) and Istanbul Europe-Izmir were among the routes that attracted the most attention.
Travel network expanded further with new collaborations
2025 was a year that stood out for Kamil Koç not only with the number of passengers but also with operational growth and collaborations. During this period, Kâmil Koç continued to add new stops to its travel network with the support of its global business partner Flix. While operations were strengthened in Adıyaman in cooperation with Kahta Petrol, in Diyarbakır in cooperation with Can Diyarbakır and in Mersin in cooperation with Mersin Seyahat, Kâmil Koç took its service network to the extreme by starting Iğdır flights for the first time in its history.
“From generation to generation, ‘Your Companion for 100 Years’”
Kâmil Koç General Manager Çağatay Kepek said the following about the company’s performance throughout the year and its goals for the next period:
“As Türkiye’s first travel company, we are proud to be approaching the 100th anniversary of the journey we started a century ago. Over the years we have left behind, we have connected millions of memories and people and achieved countless firsts and innovations in our sector. At the point we have reached today, we are in the responsibility and excitement of carrying this deep-rooted legacy into the future.
The year 2025 was extremely productive for Kâmil Koç in terms of both operational and brand power. In this period when we took customer satisfaction to a higher level, we crowned our success with a prestigious award such as The ONE Awards. Being chosen ‘Reputable of the Year’ by the public jury in the Road Transport category for the fourth time in a row was the strongest indicator of the trust our passengers have in us.
As the leading brand of Turkish road passenger transportation, we continued to expand our travel network with new stops all over our country and in Europe. In this context, while we started our mutual services to the border cities of Kars and Iğdır, during the year we also launched direct bus services to Varna, Bulgaria’s important tourism and port city, with the support of our global business partner Flix. By further increasing our lines connecting to Europe in 2026, we aim to take the Kâmil Koç brand to a stronger position in the international arena.
In our expanded travel network, we also started our express flights between Lüleburgaz and Istanbul in order to save time for our passengers. We plan to add Izmir–Istanbul, Sakarya–Bursa and Eskişehir–Istanbul lines to our express lines in the new period.
In 2025, we also strengthened our fleet with environmentally friendly, modern and new generation buses. In order to offer higher comfort to our passengers, we added 20 Mercedes-Benz Türk Tourismo buses to our fleet. Thanks to all these investments we have made, we have taken our ‘companionship’ vision one step further in 2025 and become a partner in millions of travel stories.
Now, we are turning our route to our 100th year of pride, where we will crown this deep-rooted legacy. By combining our centuries-old experience with Flix’s international vision and broad ecosystem in 2026; We aim to produce projects that add value to the sector not only in Türkiye but also in Europe. We aim to turn each of our passengers’ travels into a comfortable, high-quality and privileged experience with our modern vehicle fleet, qualified expert staff and user-friendly digital infrastructure.
As Kâmil Koç, with the motto ‘Your Companion for 100 Years’ in 2026; “We will continue to keep the unshakable feeling of trust passed on from generation to generation alive with new travel stories all over Türkiye and in the heart of Europe.”
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