Singapore Airlines pax down 3% to 1.5m in Sep-2016, load factor down 2 ppts to 78.7%

Singapore Airlines reports (17-Oct-2016) the following traffic highlights in Sep-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 1.5 million, -3.4% year-on-year;
• Passenger load factor: 78.7%, -2.1 ppts;
• • East Asia: 73.8%, stable;
  • Americas: 78.3%, -1.7 ppts;
  • Europe: 81.8%, -4.8 ppts;
  • South West Pacific: 87.0%, -2.7 ppts;
  • West Asia and Africa: 68.9%, -0.5 ppt;
• Capacity (ASKs): -1.7%. [more - original PR]