Since reporting coverage settled, freight on all-cargo flights per dollar of output has fallen below its level of two decades ago and well below its pandemic peak. Freight in passenger holds is not counted here.
What this shows: The chart covers 1990 Q1 to 2025 Q3 and its vertical axis shows Ton-Miles per $B GDP. The latest value is 516,800. Data run through 2025 Q3.
Conditions and method
The freight series is ton-miles of freight and mail on all-cargo flights (aircraft with no seats). Freight carried in the holds of passenger aircraft is not in it, so the chart describes all-cargo flying and not air freight as a whole; a change in it can also reflect freight moving between all-cargo and passenger aircraft.
T-100 did not cover domestic all-cargo flying, FedEx included, before 2002 Q4.