SIA and Scoot carried total of 3m passengers in July 2023

The SIA Group – SIA and low-cost airlines Scoot – carried a combined 3m passengers in July 2023, during the peak of the northern summer travel season. That is a 45% increase from the same period last year which saw 2.08m passengers aboard SIA and Scoot flights, the country's flight carrier stated in its latest operating results released on Tuesday. The airlines carried nearly 2.7m passengers in April. The group's passenger capacity also increased 28.1% year-on-year, increasing from 10.6m available seat-km to 13.6m available seat-km. The group's passenger load factor came in at 89.8%, a 2.4 percentage points increase year-on-year. SIA posted an 89.0% PLF, while Scoot was at 92.7% – the group said that this marked the eight consecutive month the airlines' load factor was above 90%. Meanwhile cargo operations saw declining numbers with 52.4% load factor – 8.1 percentage points lower year-on-year. "Cargo loads declined by 7.1% year-on-year due to weaker demand, while capacity expanded by 7.3% as increased passenger services resulted in higher bellyhold capacity," SIA Group said. Scoot resumed flights to Jinan and Shenzhen in July, while services to Gold Coast were suspended as the airline adjusted its capacity in response to demand. SIA had also announced that flights to Busan will be restarted from 29 August 2023 with four flights per week on the Boeing 737-8 aircraft.<br/>