Singapore Airlines checks in 1.7m passengers in May

SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) is progressing on its recovery runway as the mainboard-listed group in May logged the highest passenger traffic and load factor since the pandemic hit in early 2020.

The national carrier with budget arm Scoot together flew a total of 1.7 million passengers, 17.4 per cent more than that in April, when Singapore dropped most of its border requirements for vaccinated travellers.

In addition, SIA’s passenger load factor hit 78.2 per cent at the group level, the highest since the pandemic began in early 2020, according to its monthly operating statistics released after market closed on Wednesday (Jun 15).