Singapore Air says Oct load factor at 71.6 pct

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)