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> Most cargo revenue come from transporting freight in the holds of passenger jets.

Is this really true? DHL, FedEx, and UPS (and Amazon?) all operate their own freight aircraft. There are also contract freight operators. Most major airports have an entire area that is exclusively for freight operations.

Yes some freight does go in the holds of passenger jets, but is it "most" or even close?



Roughly half of air freight is carried on passenger planes.

https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-10/air-freight-prices.ht...


Yes, and during the pandemic when passenger traffic cratered passenger airlines started putting additional cargo in the passenger cabin. China started cracking down on that recently though (unsure why). Freight is generally far more profitable than passengers.


And usually freight doesn't complain. Much unlike the self-loading variaty, aka passengers.




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