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April 1, 2005 8:00 AM, EST

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otal air cargo shipments fell 1.3% in February compared with a year earlier, the Air Transport Association reported.

Domestic shipments dropped 2.7%, while international shipments inched up 0.2%, the trade group said in its monthly report.

Air cargo shipments always have a trucking component, since air carriers use trucks for local and regional ground transportation.

Overall February cargo shipments dropped to 1.88 billion revenue ton-miles. A revenue ton-mile is the revenue generated by carrying one ton of freight one mile.