ALTA carriers see May cargo gains
Member carriers of the Latin American Air Transport Association reported a 7.5 percent increase in freight ton kilometers in May.
The volume includes both all-freight aircraft and combination passenger-freight flights. The volumes reached 296,000 freight ton kilometers in May. For the year to date, volumes have decreased 0.5 percent to 1.457 million freight ton kilometers.
A ton kilometer represents a ton of freight carried over a distance of one kilometer.
ALTA carriers see May cargo gains