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Singapore Air says Oct load factor at 71.6 pct

Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:21am EST

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 SINGAPORE, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines (SIAL.SI),
the world's largest airline by market value, said on Monday it
filled 71.6 percent of the space available on its planes for
passengers and cargo in October.
 The figure was higher compared to September's 70.3 percent.
 Singapore Airlines said passenger load for October was at
81.1 percent.
 Table - Singapore Airlines capacity usage*
                        Oct 2009      Oct 2008       
Change
 Overall load factor           71.6          66.8      4.8
points
 Passenger load factor         81.1          77.5      3.6
points
 Cargo load factor             65.4          59.4      6.0
points
 Passengers carried        1.45 mln      1.60 mln        -9.6
pct
 * Load factor in percent; passengers carried in million.
 (Reporting by Harry Suhartono, editing by Neil Chatterjee)



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