SIA passenger load at 82.5% in Dec

SINGAPORE Airlines' passenger load factor (PLF) edged up 0.3 percentage point to 82.5 per cent in December last year as passenger carriage narrowly outpaced capacity growth.

Systemwide passenger carriage (measured in revenue passenger kilometres) rose 1.4 per cent against a 0.9 per cent increase in capacity (measured in available seat kilometres) during the month. The number of passengers carried was up 2.5 per cent year-on-year to 1.67 million.

On a regional level, SIA load factors declined slightly for East Asia and the South West Pacific and was flat for West Asia and Africa. However, load factors increased for the Americas and Europe, up 1.8 percentage points to 86.3 per cent and up 2.6 percentage points to 82.8 per cent, respectively.