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SIA Group's passenger load factor rose 3.1 ppt to 84.9% in November

Its flagship airline’s PLF expanded 2.8 ppt to 84.7%.

SIA Group airlines’ passenger load factor (PLF) rose by 3.1 ppt YoY to 84.9% in November, the company announced. Its passenger carriage grew 8.3%, outpacing its capacity growth of 4.4%.

Its flagship Singapore Airlines’s PLF expanded 2.8 ppt YoY to 84.7%. Its passenger carriage jumped 10.2%, against capacity injection of 6.6%. All route regions reflected growth between 2.2 to 3.1 ppt during the year-end peak.

SilkAir's system-wide passenger carriage fell 4.5% whilst capacity contracted 8.7% as ten routes were transferred to Scoot, leading to a 3.6 ppt improvement in PLF at 80.5%.

Likewise, Scoot's PLF rose 3.5 percentage points to 86.7% with passenger carriage rising 5.5% against capacity expansion of 1.1%.

However, cargo load factor (CLF) fell by 3.9 ppt, as the 7.2% decline in cargo traffic outpaced the capacity contraction of 1.5%. All route regions registered declines in CLF except Americas, where it edged up 0.5 ppt. 

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