SINGAPORE (Yosefardi) – In July 2014, Singapore Airlines’ systemwide passenger carriage (measured in revenue passenger kilometers) was similar to that of last year, while capacity (measured in available seat kilometers) was reduced by 1.0%.
Consequently, passenger load factor (PLF) grew 0.9 percentage points to 81.7%. The number of passengers carried increased by 1.6% year-on-year to 1.6 million.
PLF improved across all regions, except for the Americas region, due to higher passenger carriage on account of stronger summer traffic, coupled with Indonesia Lebaran demand shift from August last year to July this year.
The operating environment remains challenging. Capacity will be adjusted accordingly to better match market demand and promotional activities shall continue in markets that require additional support.
SilkAir’s systemwide passenger carriage increased 5.9%, outpacing a 5.4% increase in capacity. As a result, PLF improved by 0.4 percentage points. Passenger carriage grew on routes in the East Asia and Pacific Region but lagged behind capacity growth. PLF for the West Asia region improved with capacity adjustment.