Singapore Airlines' load factor decreases

Airline Industry Information, Feb 16, 2005

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Singapore Airlines Ltd said on Tuesday (15 February) that its January load factor had declined compared to December 2004.

Singapore Airlines' January 2005 load factor was 66.1%, compared to 68.3% in December 2004. Its load factor in January decreased by 2.6 percentage points from 68.7% in January 2004.

The carrier said that its cargo capacity rose 20.8% in January 2005 compared with the same period a year earlier, while its cargo load factor was 58.9%, down 0.3 percentage points from January 2004. Over the same period, its passenger capacity increased by 8%.

In January 2005 Singapore Airlines carried 1.35 million passengers, up 0.7% from the same month in 2004.

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