United’s September cargo up 2.9%

United’s September cargo up 2.9% United Airlines Friday reported a 2.9 percent rise in cargo volume for September, at 171.5 million system cargo ton-miles, up from 166.6 million system cargo ton-miles in the same month 2006.
   The monthly result saw a 29.5 percent improvement in mail shipments to 20.1 million cargo ton-miles, while freight increased 0.2 percent to 151.4 million cargo ton-miles.
   After nine months, United’s system cargo ton-miles were down 3.5 percent to 1.47 billion, against 1.52 billion after the same period last year.