SIA carries over 2m passengers for July, a first since pre-Covid

Singapore Airlines has reported that it carried more than two million passengers in July, the first time it has reached this level since the Covid-19 pandemic started. This was 7.5% up compared to June, and a whopping 1,280.7% higher than July 2021’s figure of just over 150,000 passengers. Its capacity reached 67% of pre-Covid-19 levels during the month, and passenger capacity (measured in available seat-kilometres) in July was 4.9% higher than the month before and 107.8% higher compared to a year ago. Its passenger load factor reached a new pandemic-high of 87.4%, 1.9% higher than June and a far cry from the 16.3% of July 2021. “This is the second highest monthly PLF in the SIA Group’s history,” the airline says. Separately, cargo operations registered a load factor of 60.5%, or 26.7 percentage points lower year-on-year.<br/>