AUGUST 2021 OPERATING RESULTS

The operating results for August 2021 are given in the table below.

How SIA Group performed in

August 2021

2021

2020

Change

FULL-SERVICE CARRIER - PASSENGER

(SINGAPORE AIRLINES)

Capacity (M seat-km)

4,383.8

1,068.1

n.m.

Passenger-km (M)

839.9

204.8

n.m.

Passengers carried ('000)

133.3

32.7

n.m.

Passenger load factor (%)

19.2

19.2

-

Load Factor by Route Region (%)

East Asia

13.7

17.9

-4.2

pts

Americas

33.2

16.8

16.4

pts

Europe

23.2

17.2

6.0

pts

South West Pacific

9.7

26.6

-16.9

pts

West Asia and Africa

18.7

-

18.7

pts

LOW-COST CARRIER - PASSENGER

(SCOOT)

Capacity (M seat-km)

732.6

122.0

n.m.

Passenger-km (M)

55.1

19.3

n.m.

Passengers carried ('000)

22.1

7.1

n.m.

Passenger load factor (%)

7.5

15.8

-8.3

pts

Load Factor by Route Region (%)

East Asia

13.9

20.4

-6.5

pts

West Asia

-

-

n.m.

Rest of World

2.3

6.8

-4.5

pts

GROUP AIRLINES (PASSENGER)

Capacity (M seat-km)

5,116.4

1,190.1

n.m.

Passenger-km (M)

895.0

224.1

n.m.

Passengers carried ('000)

155.4

39.8

n.m.

Passenger load factor (%)

17.5

18.8

-1.3

pts

SINGAPORE AIRLINES - CARGO

Capacity (M tonne-km)

564.4

386.7

46.0

%

Freight tonne-km (M)

494.3

316.5

56.2

%

Freight carried (M kg)

88.5

56.9

55.5

%

Cargo load factor* (%)

87.6

81.8

5.8

pts

Load Factor by Route Region (%)

East Asia

94.6

88.8

5.8

pts

Americas

90.9

71.5

19.4

pts

Europe

88.3

89.5

-1.2

pts

South West Pacific

70.2

72.0

-1.8

pts

West Asia and Africa

107.0

88.3

18.7

pts

Note: The operating statistics for full-service carrier reflects the integration of SilkAir into Singapore Airlines. Prior year comparatives have been adjusted on the same basis

  • Cargo capacity for passenger aircraft is based on the payload that is typically set aside for cargo carriage. However, when a passenger aircraft operates with low passenger loads or on a pure cargo mission, the cargo carried could be in excess of such capacity.

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AUGUST 2021 OPERATING RESULTS

The Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group's passenger capacity (measured in available seat- kilometres) remained steady month-on-month at around 32% of pre-Covid-19 levels in August 2021, while passenger traffic (revenue passenger-kilometres) grew 7.4%. As a result, the Group registered a passenger load factor (PLF) of 17.5%, 1.2 percentage points higher than the prior month, but 1.3 percentage points lower year-on-year.

SIA Cargo registered a monthly cargo load factor (CLF) of 87.6%, up 5.8 percentage points year-on-year as cargo loads (freight tonne-kilometres) rose by 56.2% on the back of a 46.0% capacity (capacity tonne-kilometres) expansion. East Asia, Americas, and West Asia, and Africa route regions recorded year-on-year increases in CLF during the month.

At the end of August 2021, the SIA Group's passenger network covered 67 destinations including Singapore.

The Singapore Airlines full-service network remained unchanged from the month before with 531 destinations.

Scoot, SIA's low-cost carrier subsidiary, served 251 destinations as at end of August. The airline's Berlin service was reinstated in August, while Nanjing was temporarily suspended due to airport closure. The low-cost carrier's operations to West Asia remained suspended.

1 Number of destinations include Singapore

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