SIA Group passenger traffic up almost 3% in September
The group carried 3.5 million passengers in September.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group’s passenger traffic increased by 2.8% year on year (YoY) on healthy demand in September, according to the group’s operating results.
Passenger load factor (PLF) stood at 86.8% for the month. Scoot posted monthly PLFs of 90.8%, whilst SIA’s PLFs slipped to 85.7%, with a YoY decrease in East Asia, Europe, and the South West Pacific, as capacity increases outpaced traffic growth.
The two airlines carried a combined total of 3.5 million passengers, up 3.7% YoY.
Cargo loads rose by 9.4% YoY on growth across most verticals, particularly shipments of hardware for semiconductor and artificial intelligence applications, whilst cargo capacity increased by 3.1%.
Cargo load factor also grew by 3.4 percentage points to 59.6%.
The group said it covered 136 destinations in 35 countries and territories in September, with SIA and Scoot flying to 78 and 84 destinations, respectively.