SIA Group lifts passenger traffic in September with 8% growth

The group carried 3.38 million passengers during the month, an 8.0% increase compared to the same period last year.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group reported continued growth in passenger traffic in September 2025, with total traffic rising 3.7% YoY, outpacing a 2.5% increase in capacity.

As a result, the group’s overall passenger load factor (PLF) rose by 1.0 percentage point to 87.1%. The group carried 3.38 million passengers during the month, an 8.0% increase compared to the same period last year.

Singapore Airlines’ mainline operations recorded a PLF of 86.2%, whilst low-cost subsidiary Scoot posted a stronger PLF of 90.1%.

For Singapore Airlines, available seat-kilometres (ASK) rose by 1.0%, whilst revenue passenger-kilometres (RPK) grew 1.5%. Passenger numbers were up 4.4% year-on-year, helping lift the PLF by 0.5 percentage points to 86.2%.

Regionally, the strongest PLF improvements were seen in East Asia (up 3.5 points to 83.7%) and West Asia & Africa (up 2.0 points to 82.3%). However, declines were recorded in the Americas (−2.1 points to 84.2%), Europe (−1.6 points to 88.9%), and the Southwest Pacific (−0.8 point to 90.5%).

Scoot recorded more robust growth, with ASK up 8.3% and RPK up 11.8%, leading to a 15.5% rise in passenger volumes. Its PLF rose by 2.8 percentage points to 90.1%.

PLF gains were led by East Asia (up 4.3 points to 89.1%), whilst West Asia and the Rest of World regions both saw slight declines of 0.4 percentage points, to 87.7% and 94.0% respectively.

On the cargo front, group-wide capacity contracted by 0.8%, whilst cargo loads fell 3.8%, resulting in a 1.8 percentage-point decline in the cargo load factor to 56.2%.

SIA Group attributed the lower cargo performance partly to Typhoon Ragasa, which disrupted East Asia freighter operations.

Despite the dip in load factor, total cargo and mail carried rose slightly by 1.0% to 94.1 million kilograms. All reported regions saw lower cargo load factors, with the largest drop in West Asia & Africa (down 3.0 points).

As of end-September, the group’s passenger network spanned 129 destinations across 37 countries and territories, with Singapore Airlines operating to 78 destinations and Scoot to 73. The cargo network reached 133 destinations in 38 countries and territories. These counts include Singapore as a destination.

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