SIA Group’s passenger traffic up 6.2% in July

Passenger traffic for the two carriers under Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group was 6.2 per cent higher in July 2025, compared with the previous year, according to the company’s latest operating update released on Friday (Aug 15).

The increase in passenger traffic for SIA and Scoot outpaced the 2.8 per cent expansion in passenger capacity.

Passenger traffic, which measures the demand for an airline’s service and is derived by multiplying the number of paying passengers by the distance they have travelled, came in at 13.5 billion for the month, compared with 12.7 billion in the corresponding period last year.

As a result, the group’s passenger load factor rose to 88.5 per cent, up 2.9 percentage points from the prior year. SIA posted a monthly passenger load factor of 87.4 per cent, and Scoot recorded 92.2 per cent for the same.

The two airlines carried a combined total of 3.5 million passengers, 9.7 per cent higher than last year.

Scoot carried a total of 1.2 million passengers, up 13.2 per cent from the year before, and SIA carried 2.3 million passengers, an increase of 8 per cent from July 2024.

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Cargo demand continued to be supported by front-loading activity, in anticipation of the uncertainty related to tariffs, noted the group. However, this was at a reduced pace compared with earlier months.

Cargo loads increased by 2.1 per cent year on year, tracking slightly below the 2.7 per cent expansion in cargo capacity. As a result, the cargo load factor declined by 0.3 percentage point to 57.1 per cent.

As at end-July 2025, the group’s passenger network covered 129 destinations in 37 countries and territories. SIA served 78 destinations, while Scoot served 73.

The cargo network comprised 133 destinations in 38 countries and territories.

Shares of SIA declined 0.2 per cent or S$0.01, to close at S$6.59 on Friday.