Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group reported a significant rise in passenger traffic for January 2025, with an 8.6% increase compared to the same period last year.
This surge was largely attributed to the heightened travel demand during the Lunar New Year holiday season.
The Group’s passenger load factor (PLF) improved to 87.8%, a 2.5 percentage point increase, with Singapore Airlines and its low-cost subsidiary, Scoot, achieving monthly PLFs of 87.2% and 90.3% respectively.
The Group’s overall passenger carriage rose by 9.1%, reaching 3.5 million passengers. Available seat-kilometres (ASK), which measures the number of available seats multiplied by the distance flown, increased by 5.5% to 15,558.4 million.
Revenue passenger-kilometres (RPK), indicating the number of passengers carried multiplied by the distance flown, climbed by 8.6% to 13,664.0 million.
In contrast, cargo operations experienced a more modest growth. Cargo loads increased by 2.6% year-on-year, which was below the 9.5% rise in cargo capacity. The cargo load factor decreased by 3.4 percentage points to 51.1%, as inventory stocking was less pronounced and factory closures during the holiday period reduced cargo movement.
Scoot expanded its network by launching new passenger services to Padang in Indonesia and Shantou in China. By the end of January 2025, the SIA Group’s passenger network spanned 131 destinations across 36 countries and territories, with SIA serving 80 destinations and Scoot covering 74. The cargo network included 135 destinations in 37 countries and territories.
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