U.S. international air cargo sluggish in February
International air freight and express shipments carried by U.S. airlines increased a modest 0.1 percent to about 923 million revenue ton-miles in February, from 922 million in February 2004, according to the latest statistics of the U.S. Air Transport Association.
The monthly increase follows a 15-percent volume surge in January.
Freight and express activity on Pacific routes declined 3 percent to 441 million revenue ton-miles in February, possibly due to the Chinese New Year holidays.
Freight and express volumes fell 1 percent to 94 million ton-miles on Latin routes in the same month.
Traffic on Atlantic routes increased 4 percent to 388 million ton-miles in February.
ATA Airlines are Aloha, Alaska, America West, American, ATA, Continental (including Micronesia), Delta, FedEx, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Midwest, Northwest. Southwest, United, UPS and US Airways.
U.S. international air cargo sluggish in February
