Tigerair Singapore's December passenger load factor down at 78.3%

Singapore

BUDGET carrier Tigerair Singapore has reported a 10.2 percentage point year-on-year slide in passenger load factor to 78.3 per cent for December as capacity growth outpaced passenger traffic rise.

Passenger traffic for Tiger Airways' most established carrier - as measured in revenue passenger-kilometres - increased 13.1 per cent while capacity rose 27.9 per cent. Meanwhile, the number of passengers carried by the airline was 13.3 per cent higher at 494,000.