U.S. international air cargo up 5.4% in September
International air freight and express shipments carried by U.S. airlines in September rose 5.4 percent to 1.14 billion revenue ton-miles, from 1.08 billion revenue ton-miles a year ago, according to statistics provided by the U.S. Air Transport Association (ATA).
After the first nine months of the year, ATA members’ international air freight and express shipments were up 3.7 percent to 9.58 billion revenue ton-miles, compared to 9.24 billion revenue ton-miles after the same period 2004.
ATA Airlines are Aloha, Alaska, America West, American, ATA, Continental (including Micronesia), Delta, FedEx, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Midwest, Northwest. Southwest, United, UPS and US Airways.