Singapore Airlines Group saw a significant 14.7% year-on-year increase in passenger traffic in March, pushing total passenger numbers to a record 42.4 million for the financial year 2025/26. The growth was fueled by pre-Easter travel demand and redirected Europe-bound traffic due to Middle East airspace issues. The group also experienced a rise in cargo loads, partly attributed to similar disruptions.
ingapore Airlines Group’s passenger traffic rose 14.7% year-on-year in March, outpacing its passenger capacity increase of 7.2%. The increase helped lift total passenger numbers to a record 42.4 million for the financial year 2025/26 ended March 31, 7.
7% higher than the record 39.4 million in FY2024/25. In a bourse filing on Wednesday , the group said that “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’s passenger load factor , the percentage of available seating capacity filled with passengers, was 90.6%. SIA posted a new monthly PLF record of 90.3%, while Scoot recorded a PLF of 91.7%. Cargo loads also rose 2.4% YoY in March, against a 1.3% capacity decrease. The group said this was partly supported by “spillover volumes amid disruptions to Middle East airspace.”‘I’m job hugging even harder’: Some Singaporeans share how they’re navigating rising costs amid the Middle East warPrices at Singapore's hawker centers are experiencing a significant rise. According to the latest data, food prices at hawker centers rose by 6.1% overall in 2023, the highest increase since 2008.A recent report from Kahoot!, a global learning and engagement platform, reveals that in Singapore, nearly half of Gen Z workers actually have little passion for their jobs.document.addEventListener=>{ const trigger=document.getElementById; if { const observer=new IntersectionObserver=>{ entries.forEach { lazyLoader; // You should define lazyLoader elsewhere or inline here observer.unobserve; // Run once } }); }, { rootMargin: '800px', threshold: 0.1 }); observer.observe; } else { // Fallback setTimeout; } });
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