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SIA Group reports 5.2% passenger growth for May
June 16th 2026
Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) flew 3.6 million passengers in May, an increase of 180,000 travellers from the 3.4 million carried in the same month in 2025. Read More » Full-service Singapore Airlines posted 3.4% growth in passengers to 2.4 million, while LCC Scoot had 8.9% more passengers at 1.3 million in the month. "While capacity constraints through Middle East hubs persisted, they eased compared to previous months," SIA said in a regulatory filing. "Consequently, the SIA Group continued to benefit from spillover passenger traffic and cargo loads, albeit to a lesser extent." Singapore Airlines’ passenger load factor was down 0.6 of a percentage point at 84.6%, while passenger load factor at Scoot inched 0.2 of a percentage point higher to 91.2%. The group’s revenue passenger kilometres were up 4.9%, while capacity increased 5.3% in the month. SIA lifted its cargo capacity 1.3% in May, while the cargo load factor was up 0.9 of a percentage point at 58.1%.
