Singapore Airlines pax up 1% to 1.5m in May-2016, load factor down 1 ppt to 72.7%

Singapore Airlines reports (16-Jun-2016) the following traffic highlights in May-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 1.5 million, +0.9% year-on-year;
• Passenger load factor: 72.7%, -0.9 ppt;
• • East Asia: 74.9%, +4.2 ppts;
  • Americas: 76.1%, -4.0 ppts;
  • Europe: 67.0%, -3.1 ppts;
  • South West Pacific: 74.6%, -2.9 ppts;
  • West Asia and Africa: 71.2%, -2.1 ppts;
• Capacity (ASKs): -1.6%. [more - original PR]