United sees 3% cargo rise in May
United Airlines reported a 3 percent year-on-year increase in system cargo ton-miles for May at 170,444 system cargo ton-miles.
Freight increased 4.8 percent to 142,140 cargo ton-miles, while mail was down 5.2 percent to 28,304 cargo ton-miles.
For the year-to-date, United’s system cargo ton-miles are up 9.5 percent over the first five months in 2004 at 830,944.