Singapore Airlines pax down 6% to 1.6m in Aug-2016, load factor down 5.6 ppts to 80%

Singapore Airlines reported (15-Sep-2016) the following traffic highlights in Aug-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 1.6 million, -5.7% year-on-year;
• Passenger load factor: 80.0%, -5.7 ppts;
• • East Asia: 78.6%, -4.5 ppts;
  • Americas: 83.5%, -4.5 ppts;
  • Europe: 80.8%, -8.0 ppts;
  • South West Pacific: 82.3%, -6.8 ppts;
  • West Asia and Africa: 71.7%, -25.3 ppts;
• Capacity (ASKs): -0.3%. [more - original PR]