During the first eight months of the fiscal year 2008, which started in April, international volume totaled 434,943 tonnes, down 7.8 per cent from the same period a year earlier.
By comparison, JAL’s domestic cargo on year and year-to-date.
Japan’s second-largest airline, All Nippon Airways, said international cargo volume declined for the first time in fiscal 2008 on a year-on-year basis.
Volumes totaled 22,622 tonnes on international routes in November, down 7.7 per cent, while the April-November period saw international cargo totaling 218,652 tonnes, up 10.8 per cent from a year earlier.
On domestic routes, ANA volume gained 1.2 per cent in November, and 4.2 per cent for the fiscal year-to-date.