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SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group carried a record total of 42.4 million passengers in the 2025\/26 financial year.<\/p>\n
This is a 7.7 per cent higher than the previous record of 39.4 million for the 2024\/25 financial year, the group said on Wednesday (Apr 15) in its latest operating results.<\/span><\/p>\n In March, SIA Group’s passenger traffic rose 14.7 per cent year-on-year, outpacing the passenger capacity increase of 7.2 per cent.<\/span><\/p>\n The group’s passenger load factor was 90.6 per cent, with SIA and budget carrier Scoot respectively posting monthly passenger load factors of 90.3 per cent, a new monthly record, and 91.7 per cent.<\/span><\/p>\n “The robust passenger traffic growth was supported by the increase in demand for air travel ahead of the Easter holiday in early April, as well as spillover Europe-bound traffic as capacity through Middle East air hubs was affected by the ongoing Middle East conflict,” the group said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Cargo loads rose 2.4 per cent year-on-year in March, against a capacity decrease of 1.3 per cent. This was partly supported by spillover volumes amid disruptions to Middle East airspace, said SIA group.<\/p>\n Cargo load factor increased 2.1 percentage points to 59 per cent.<\/p>\n SIA Group noted that Scoot launched its service to Tokyo (Haneda) in Japan in March.\u00a0<\/p>\n “In view of the geopolitical situation in the Middle East, SIA and Scoot implemented rolling cancellation of its services to Dubai (the United Arab Emirates) and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) respectively.”<\/p>\n SIA flights between Dubai and Singapore have been grounded since the United States and Israel struck Iran on Feb 28.<\/p>\n As of end-March this year, SIA Group’s passenger network covered 134 destinations, including Singapore. SIA served 77 destinations, while Scoot covered 82.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n