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SIA passenger numbers rise 41.7% in May

Budget arm Scoot saw its passenger numbers more than double.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) carried over 1.82 million passengers in May, 41.7% higher than in the same month last year, its latest operating results showed.

With the exception of Europe, all route regions recorded a rise in the number of passengers SIA serviced during the month.

Its budget arm Scoot saw passenger numbers more than double, breaching over 1 million. This is 139.7% higher than the over 418,700 thousand passengers it serviced in May 2022. 

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Cargo load fell 7.6% to 419.1 million tonnes in May, from 453.7 million tonnes in May 2022. All route regions recorded decreases in load factor during the month.

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