UnitedÆs cargo down 7.6% in April
United Airlines reported a 7.6 percent decline in cargo volume for April, at 165 million system cargo ton-miles, compared to 178.5 million system cargo ton-miles in the same month last year.
The monthly result saw a 48.6 percent drop in mail shipments to 16.4 million cargo ton-miles while freight improved 1.4 percent to 148.6 million cargo ton-miles.
After four months of the year, United's system cargo ton-miles are down 7.7 percent to 633.7 million, compared to 686.5 million after the same period in 2006.