19-Feb-2019 8:00 AM

January 2019 Operating Results

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In January 2019, SIA Group airlines' passenger load factor (PLF) improved 2.0 percentage points to 83.1%. Passenger carriage (measured in revenue passenger-kilometres) increased 10.4% compared to last year, outpacing capacity (measured in available seat-kilometres) injection of 7.8%.

Singapore Airlines' PLF improved 2.4 percentage points to 83.5%. Passenger carriage increased 10.8% compared to last year, against a 7.6% increase in capacity. PLF improved for all route regions due to returning traffic from year-end holidays and shift of outbound Lunar New Year traffic from February 2018 to end-January 2019. RASK (revenue per available seat-kilometres) continues to remain resilient.

SilkAir's systemwide passenger carriage increased by 6.8%, ahead of capacity growth of 0.3%. Consequently, PLF increased 4.6 percentage points to 75.2%, with improvements across all route regions.

Scoot recorded passenger carriage growth of 10.2%, slightly trailing growth in capacity of 11.0%, which led to a 0.6 percentage-point decline in PLF to 84.4%. PLF improved for West Asia and Rest of World, while East Asia recorded declines as traffic did not keep pace with the increases in capacity.

Cargo load factor (CLF) was 3.8 percentage points lower, with cargo traffic (measured in freight tonne-kilometres) declining 6.2% while capacity was flat against last year. All route regions registered declines in CLF as demand did not keep pace with capacity changes.

The operating results for January 2019 are given in the table below.

How Singapore Airlines performed in January 2019
		2019	2018	Change
SINGAPORE AIRLINES (PASSENGER)
Capacity (M seat-km)		10,861.6	10,095.1	7.6%
Passenger-km (M)		9,067.6	8,186.8	10.8%
Passengers carried ('000)		1,793	1,643	9.1%
Passenger load factor (%)		83.5	81.1	2.4pts
	Load Factor by Route Region (%)
East Asia		79.8	77.7	2.1 pts
Americas		81.2	79.5	1.7 pts
Europe		83.3	79.7	3.6 pts
South West Pacific		89.3	87.2	2.1 pts
West Asia and Africa		83.8	81.7	2.1 pts
SILKAIR (PASSENGER)
Capacity (M seat-km)		990.7	987.6	0.3	%
Passenger-km (M)		744.7	697.4	6.8 %
Passengers carried ('000)		405	384	5.5	%
Passenger load factor (%)		75.2	70.6	4.6	pts
	Load Factor by Route Region (%)
East Asia and Pacific		74.2	69.1	5.1 pts
West Asia		77.4	74.3	3.1 pts
SCOOT (PASSENGER)
Capacity (M seat-km)		3,059.2	2,755.9	11.0	%
Passenger-km (M)		2,581.1	2,342.1	10.2%
Passengers carried ('000)		898	835	7.5	%
Passenger load factor (%)		84.4	85.0	-0.6	pt
	Load Factor by Route Region (%)
East Asia		83.1	85.1	-2.0 pts
West Asia		88.0	85.6	2.4 pts
Rest of World		85.6	84.3	1.3 pts
SINGAPORE AIRLINES (CARGO)
Capacity (M tonne-km)		943.3	943.7	-
Freight tonne-km (M)		548.0	584.1	-6.2	%
Freight carried (M kg)		106.3	106.0	0.3	%
Cargo load factor (%)		58.1	61.9	-3.8	pts
	Load Factor by Route Region (%)
East Asia		54.6	56.0	-1.4 pts
Americas		54.9	56.1	-1.2 pts
Europe		64.9	70.6	-5.7 pts
South West Pacific		54.9	62.2	-7.3 pts
West Asia and Africa		66.5	69.2	-2.7 pts
GROUP AIRLINES (PASSENGER)
Capacity (M seat-km)		14,911.5	13,838.6	7.8	%
Passenger-km (M)		12,393.4	11,226.3	10.4%
Passengers carried ('000)		3,096	2,862	8.2	%
Passenger load factor (%)		83.1	81.1	2.0	pts

SINGAPORE AIRLINES
Sydney	35 flights weekly	Airbus A380 (New Product), A380, B777-300ER
Melbourne	32 flights weekly 4 flights weekly (Melbourne - Wellington)	Airbus A380, A350-900, Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 777-200 Boeing 777-200
Perth	28 flights weekly	Airbus A330, Boeing 787-10, Boeing 777-200ER
Brisbane	28 flights weekly	Airbus A350-900, Airbus A330, Boeing 777-200ER
Adelaide	7 flights weekly	Airbus A350-900
Canberra	7 flights weekly	Boeing 777-300ER
SILKAIR
Darwin	6 flights weekly	Boeing 737-MAX 8
Cairns	5 flights weekly	Boeing 737-MAX 8
SCOOT
Sydney	8 flights weekly	Boeing 787-8, Boeing 787-9
Melbourne	6 flights weekly	Boeing 787-8
Perth	9 flights weekly	Boeing 787-8, Boeing 787-9
Gold Coast	5 flights weekly	Boeing 787-8, Boeing 787-9

This press release was sourced from Singapore Airlines on 18-Feb-2019.