SINGAPORE Airlines, the world's biggest airline by market value, filled 66.8 per cent of the space available on its planes for passengers and cargo in October, down from 68.3 per cent a year earlier, it said on Monday.

That compares with 67.4 per cent in September. Singapore Airlines said overall passenger load for October stood at 77.5 per cent, down from 78.3 per cent for the tenth straight month of decline.

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