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Nov 7, 2008 (newstodate): British Airways World Cargo has reported encouraging commercial figures for April-September, 2008.
Commercial revenues - flown revenue plus fuel surcharges - reached 363 million GBP, an increase of 25.2 percent, y-o-y.
Removing the impact of exchange rate movements, commercial revenues were still up 21.4 percent.
Volumes reached 2,437.4 million cargo tonne- kilometres for the first half of the financial year, representing an increase of 2 percent, y-o-y, while cargo capacity was down 3.2 percent.
Most significantly, the overall yield increased by 22.7 per cent, and by 18.8 percent when excluding exchange rate effects.
Commercial revenues - flown revenue plus fuel surcharges - reached 363 million GBP, an increase of 25.2 percent, y-o-y.
Removing the impact of exchange rate movements, commercial revenues were still up 21.4 percent.
Volumes reached 2,437.4 million cargo tonne- kilometres for the first half of the financial year, representing an increase of 2 percent, y-o-y, while cargo capacity was down 3.2 percent.
Most significantly, the overall yield increased by 22.7 per cent, and by 18.8 percent when excluding exchange rate effects.