Domestic Air Cargo Dips; Overall Shipments Gain

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omestic air cargo shipments fell 0.2% drop in September from a year earlier, but international and overall shipments rose year-over-year, the Air Transport Association reported.

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

International air cargo shipments jumped 5.4% from September 2004, compared with a 2.6% gain in August year-over-year, the group said.

verall air cargo shipments gained 2.7% year-over-year, compared with a 1.6% rise for the previous month, the trade group said in its monthly report.

Domestic revenue ton-miles in September fell to 1.03 million. A revenue ton-mile is the revenue generated by carrying one ton of freight one mile.