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2007-082006-072005-062004-052003-04
Available Seat Capacity,
Passenger Traffic and Load Factor
Available฀Seat-km฀(Million)
Revenue฀Passenger-km฀(Million)
Passenger฀Load฀Factor฀(%)
Singapore Airlines Annual Report 2007-08
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FINANCIAL REVIEW
Performance of the Company
Operating Performance
2007-08 2006-07 % Change
Passengers฀carried฀(thousand)฀ 19,120฀ 18,346฀ +฀ 4.2
Available฀seat-km฀(million)฀ 113,919.1฀ 112,543.8฀ +฀ 1.2
Revenue฀passenger-km฀(million)฀ 91,485.2฀ 89,148.8฀ +฀ 2.6
Passenger฀load฀factor฀(%)฀ 80.3฀ 79.2฀ +฀ 1.1฀points
Passenger฀yield฀(¢/pkm)฀ 12.1฀ 10.9฀ +฀11.0
Passenger฀unit฀cost฀(¢/ask)฀ 8.4฀ 7.9฀ +฀ 6.3
Passenger฀breakeven฀load฀factor฀(%)฀ 69.4฀ 72.5฀ –฀ 3.1฀points
The฀improvement฀in฀passenger฀yield฀was฀due฀mainly฀to฀higher฀local฀currency฀yields,฀improved฀passenger฀mix฀and฀higher฀fuel฀
surcharges.
The฀spread฀between฀passenger฀load฀factor฀and฀breakeven฀load฀factor฀improved฀4.2฀percentage฀points฀to฀10.9฀percentage฀
points฀in฀2007-08.
A฀review฀of฀the฀Company’s฀operating฀performance฀by฀route฀region฀is฀as฀follows:
By Route Region R1 (2007-08 against 2006-07)
Passengers Carried Revenue
Change Passenger KM Available Seat KM
(thousand) % Change % Change
East฀Asia฀ +฀ 415฀ +฀ 3.8฀ +฀ 2.0
Americas฀ –฀ 29฀ –฀ 2.0฀ –฀ 0.7
Europe฀ +฀ 17฀ +฀ 0.7฀ –฀ 0.6
South฀West฀Pacic฀ +฀ 73฀ +฀ 2.5฀ –฀ 1.9
West฀Asia฀and฀Africa฀ +฀ 298฀ +฀ 13.4฀ +฀ 11.4
Systemwide฀ +฀ 774฀ +฀ 2.6฀ +฀ 1.2
R1 Each route region comprises routes originating from Singapore to final destinations in countries within the region concerned and vice versa.
For example, Singapore-Hong Kong-San Francisco-Hong Kong-Singapore route is classified under Americas region. East Asia covers Brunei,
Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, People’s Republic of China, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam. Americas
comprises Canada and USA. Europe consists of Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and The
Netherlands. South West Pacific covers Australia and New Zealand. West Asia and Africa are made up of Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Maldives,
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.