Originally Posted by
Rotorhead
The interesting part, when you look at the cargo "lift" capacity (below deck) of a merged DAL and NWA, it is considerably larger than FedEx or UPS; I would be a bit nervous too. It was long ago said that the cargo in the belly of AA's widebodies paid the costs on each flight, I haven't been over to AMR lately, but I Imagine AA Cargo is still a sizeable portion of their income.
Cargo from Asia has fallen off a cliff recently for all carriers, including UPS. UPS core (big revenue) product from Asia is packages. Packages are still doing well internationally. It's in fact still a gem in the UPS system. We have had many canceled flights lately from HKG and PVG. This primarily has to do with the lack of "freight" volume but not packages.