Singapore Airlines load factor drops in September 2011

SINGAPORE, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Singapore Airlines (SIA)
said on Monday it filled 68.9 percent of the space
available on its planes for passengers and cargo in September,
down from 69.6 percent in the same period a year earlier.

The passenger load factor on SIA flights fell 0.7 percentage
points to 79.6 percent as capacity increased 5.8 percent. The
number of passengers who flew SIA rose 4.8 percent to 1.4
million.

SIA’s regional unit SilkAir posted a 0.7 percentage point
rise in passenger load factor to 71.7 percent.

Overall cargo traffic fell 2.3 percent year-on-year, even as
capacity decreased 2.6 percent, SIA said.