While waiting for the next issue of ATW I picked this from THE CARGO LETTER [353] of 27 June 2000
1999 World Air Transport Stats ........... as FedEx, Lufthansa & Korean Air were the biggest Int'l air cargo carriers in 1999, according to the IATA ranking.
1.] FedEx 1.18 million tons;
2.] Lufthansa (1 million);
3.] Korean Air (897,000);
4.] Singapore Airlines (872,0000;
5.] British Airways (684,000);
6.] Cathay Pacific (672,000);
7.] Air France (644.000);
8.] Japan Airlines (615.000).
Domestic air freight:
1.] FedEx (3.6 million tons);
2.] UPS (2.5);
3.] Japan Airlines (334,000)
The Total Ton Kilometers transported by airlines on their Int'l scheduled operations increased by 7.5%, with Available Ton Kilometers reporting a 5.7% growth. At 64.1%, the weight load factor was only marginally lower than the record 64.6% weight load factor in 1997.
and from THE CARGO LETTER [362] of 30 April 2001:
Memphis & LAX Lead .......... as Int'l Transport Journal says that of the world's top 20 cargo hubs, 10 are located in the U.S., 6 in Asia & 4 in Europe. This breakdown shadows the current cargo flow worldwide. In the U.S., the top cargo port remains Memphis which is the HQ hub for FedEx shipments. Its throughput last year was 2.48 million tons, an increase of 3.2% over its 1999 figure. Los Angeles Int'l (LAX) was 2nd at 2.25 million tons of cargo, an increase of 5.2% on its 1999 total. Hong Kong was 3rd with 2.24 million tons of cargo. The full top 20 was:
1. Memphis (2.48 mt);
2. Los Angeles (2.25 mt);
3. Hong Kong (2.24 mt);
4. Miami (1.99 mt);
5. Tokyo Narita (1.875 mt);
6. Anchorage (1.872 mt);
7. Seoul Kimpo (1.84 mt);
8. New York JFK (1.18 mt);
9. Frankfurt (1.73 mt);
10. Singapore Changi (1.7 mt);
11. Chicago ORD (1.64 mt);
12. Louisville SDF (1.51 mt);
13. Paris CDG (1.5 mt);
14. London Heathrow (1.3 mt);
15. Indianapolis IND (1.28 mt);
16. Amsterdam Schiphol (1.21 mt);
17. Taipei Chiang Kai-Shek (1.19 mt);
18. New York Newark (1.08 mt);
19. Osaka Kansai (0.966 mt); and
20. Dallas Fort Worth (0.898 mt).
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Volums Up .......... as World air cargo traffic increased 5.85% last year, to 64 million metric tons, according to yearly statistics published by Geneva-based Airports Council Int'l. North American cargo traffic rose 2.3% last year to 29.2 million tons. Traffic for Asia Pacific airports soared 11%, to 17.2 million tons. European airports' cargo traffic rose 7.9% to 12.8 million tons.