Air Cargo Shipments Fall in July

otal air cargo shipments dropped 1.7% in July compared with a year earlier, with domestic shipments falling by 5%, the Air Transport Association said late Thursday.

Air cargo shipments always have a trucking component, since air carriers use trucks for local and regional ground transportation.

While domestic shipments fell, international air cargo shipments rose by 1.5%, the trade group said in its monthly report.

July domestic revenue ton-miles fell to 962,434, while international cargo shipments rose to 1.08 million RTMs. A revenue ton-mile is the revenue generated by carrying one ton of freight one mile.