{
  "id": 1476485,
  "title": "SIA Group’s July passenger traffic grows 2.6% amid growing passenger capacity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/sia-groups-july-passenger-traffic-grows-2-6-amid-growing-passenger",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-17T11:55:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Business Times - Singapore",
    "slug": "the-business-times-singapore",
    "url": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/sia-groups-july-passenger-traffic-grows-2-6-amid-growing-passenger-capacity"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Scoot, part of the SIA Group, saw a 2.6% year-on-year increase in passenger traffic in July, carrying a combined 3.7 million passengers. This growth outpaced the 4% increase in passenger capacity, driven by network expansion to East Asia, Europe, and the south-west Pacific. The passenger load factor (PLF) reached 86% for the month. SIA and Scoot individually reported PLFs of 84.8% and 90.2%, respectively. Despite the expansion, the group reported a net loss of S$76 million due to higher fuel costs and Air India's losses, marking the first quarterly loss since the pandemic. Cargo loads also remained stable year-on-year, with a 0.8 percentage point increase in cargo load factor to 57.9%. Scoot suspended services to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, while SIA's services to Dubai remained suspended. The SIA Group now serves 136 destinations across 35 countries and territories, with the full-service carrier operating in 78 destinations and Scoot in 84.",
  "summary": "Cargo loads have been stable year on year, even with reduced freighter aircraft activity",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "SIA Group’s July passenger traffic grows 2.6% amid growing passenger capacity",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/sia-groups-july-passenger-traffic-grows-2-6-amid-growing-passenger-1476536",
        "published": "2026-08-17T11:55:59.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}