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Fall in W Asia, Africa route offset by traditional summer peak in EuropeSINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) eked out a 0.迷你倉庫3 percentage point growth in its July passenger load factor (PLF) to 80.8 per cent, as passenger demand for commercial flights continued on its upward trajectory.During the month, passenger carriage (measured in revenue passenger kilometres) grew 4.4 per cent, outpacing the growth in capacity (measured in available seat kilometres) at 3.9 per cent.At the same time, the number of passengers carried increased by 3.7 per cent to 1.61 million."The higher passenger load factor was due to the traditional summer peak. On the other hand, West Asia and Africa route region registered a decline due to the shift in the Ramadan period," SIA said yesterday.The fasting season pushed PLF in the West Asia and Africa route region 5.7 percentage points lower to 68.3 per cent. Even so, summer travel boosted the PLF in the European region by 3.1 percentage points to 85.9 per cent.The year has not been an easy one for the airline or the industry, which have struggled to shake off the effects of the 2008 global financial crisis. Since t儲存e start of the year, SIA has sought to cut down on crew overcapacity by letting go of expatriate pilots and waiving the bonds of its cadet pilots. In its latest earnings announcement for the quarter ended June 30, 2013, Singapore Airlines' breakeven PLF of 82 per cent outstripped its actual PLF of 78 per cent."The operating environment remains challenging, and efforts to stimulate demand to boost loads are expected to place continued downward pressure on yields," SIA said yesterday.In July, SilkAir's systemwide passenger carriage grew 6.1 per cent against a 13.4 per cent growth in capacity, driving its PLF 4.9 percentage points lower at 70.1 per cent.Cargo traffic (measured in freight-tonne-kilometres) continued to be dogged by soft demand for global airfreight, shedding 9.1 per cent and outpacing the 6.7 per cent shrinkage in capacity. Accordingly, the cargo load factor fell 1.5 percentage points to 61.5 per cent.Last month, SIA's cargo arm said that it had put four of its planes up for sale, following a $40 million operating loss in the quarter ended June 30, 2013.Shares in SIA closed at $9.94 yesterday, down eight cents.新蒲崗迷你倉