 Cargo Volumes Up Sharply at ANA, JAL
Japan’s All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) said that its international cargo volume rose for the sixth straight month in August on a year-on-year basis, jumping 9.5 percent to 47,598 tons. ANA’s domestic cargo volume grew for three months in a row in August on a year-on-year basis, increasing 2.4 percent to 40,719 tons. Rival Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL) said that its international cargo volume rose for the fifth successive month in August on a year-on-year basis, surging 15.6 percent to 22,864 tons. But JAL’s domestic cargo volume fell for the second consecutive month in August, tumbling 6.0 percent from a year earlier to 32,171 tons. ANA and JAL both release monthly passenger and cargo figures without giving any analysis. The Journal of Commerce |