--- title: "Singapore Airlines Group achieved a record high in passenger numbers in March, with a year-on-year increase of 15% to 3.8 million passengers | Lianhe Zaobao" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/282846133.md" description: "In March 2026, Singapore Airlines Group saw a year-on-year increase of 14.9% in passenger numbers, setting a new record of 3.8 million passengers, driving the total passenger numbers for the fiscal year 2025/26 to 42.4 million, an increase of 7.7% compared to the previous year. Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Scoot achieved growth rates of 9.5% and 25.6%, respectively. Passenger traffic in March increased by 14.7%, with the load factor rising to 90.6%. The growth was mainly driven by increased demand for air travel during the Easter holiday and the impact of conflicts in the Middle East" datetime: "2026-04-15T12:37:23.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/282846133.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/282846133.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/282846133.md) --- # Singapore Airlines Group achieved a record high in passenger numbers in March, with a year-on-year increase of 15% to 3.8 million passengers | Lianhe Zaobao In the first month of the Middle East conflict, March 2026, Singapore Airlines Group's passenger numbers surged by 14.9% year-on-year, setting a new monthly record of 3.8 million passengers. This led the group to achieve a new high in passenger numbers for the fiscal year ending March 2025/26, reaching 42.4 million passengers, an increase of 7.7% compared to the previous record of 39.4 million passengers set in the 2024/25 fiscal year. Singapore Airlines Group includes Singapore Airlines (SIA) itself and its low-cost airline Scoot. In March, Singapore Airlines' passenger numbers rose by 9.5% year-on-year to 2.42 million, while Scoot's passenger numbers soared by 25.6% to 1.38 million. Singapore Airlines announced after the market closed on Wednesday (April 15) that the group's passenger traffic or revenue passenger-kilometers in March increased by 14.7% year-on-year, exceeding the 7.2% year-on-year growth in passenger capacity. As a result, the group's passenger load factor rose by 5.9 percentage points year-on-year to 90.6%, with Singapore Airlines and Scoot's load factors reaching 90.3% (a new monthly high) and 91.7%, respectively. Singapore Airlines stated: "The strong growth in passenger numbers is attributed to the increased demand for air travel ahead of the Easter holiday in early April, as well as the capacity constraints at the Middle Eastern aviation hub due to the ongoing conflict, leading to spillover passenger traffic to Europe." #### Further Reading SIA appropriately "loads fuel" to mitigate cost impacts and will raise ticket prices if necessary \[SIA suspends flights to Dubai until the end of May, Scoot's Jeddah route suspended until mid-April !\[\](https://dss0.zbstatic5.com/s3fs-public/styles/article\_small\_crop/public/articles/2026/03/31/0O5A8464\_1.JPG? In terms of cargo, the group's cargo load in March increased by 2.4% year-on-year, while cargo capacity decreased by 1.3%, partly due to the spillover effect of cargo volume caused by the interruption of airspace in the Middle East. The group's cargo load factor rose by 2.1 percentage points in March, reaching 59.0%. Given the geopolitical situation in the Middle East, Singapore Airlines and Scoot have implemented rolling cancellations for flights to Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). As of the end of March 2026, the group's passenger network covers 134 destinations in 35 countries and regions (including Singapore). Singapore Airlines serves 77 destinations, while Scoot serves 82 destinations. The group's cargo network covers 137 destinations in 36 countries and regions (including Singapore). Singapore Airlines' stock price fell by 0.455% on Wednesday, closing at SGD 6.57 ### Related Stocks - [C6L.SG](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/C6L.SG.md) - [S59.SG](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/S59.SG.md) ## Related News & Research - [Singapore Airlines Opens First Direct Route to China’s Hangzhou](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289005386.md) - [SIA’s Singapore-Japan flights retimed as Typhoon Jangmi hits](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288390715.md) - [IATA halves 2026 airline profit forecast as fuel costs soar](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289206020.md) - [BOE Survey Finds Businesses Expect to Raise Prices at Faster Rate —Update](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288839292.md) - [Singapore Airlines in talks on order for at least 50 big jets, sources say](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288706734.md)