In fiscal year 2017, the payload distance of postal mail transported via domestic air transportation on trunk lines in Japan amounted to around 43 million ton-kilometers, making up the majority of the domestic airmail transport. Airmail is commonly transported domestically as air freight on passenger flights operated by the major Japanese airlines Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways.
Payload distance of postal mail transported via domestic flights on trunk lines in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2017
(in million ton-kilometers)
fiscal years 2013 to 2017; the Japanese fiscal year starts April 1 of each stated year and ends March 31 of the following year
Supplementary notes
"Trunk lines" in air transportation refers to the main routes connecting the trunk airports with one another, which includes the New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, the Haneda Airport and Narita International Airport in Tokyo, the Itami Airport and Kansai International Airport in Osaka, the Fukuoka Airport in Fukuoka, and the Naha Airport in Okinawa.
Ton-kilometers = (Weight of transported cargo per route) x (Distance of route).
Data prior to 2015 come from previous reports.
Values have been rounded.
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Statistics Bureau Japan. (November 22, 2019). Payload distance of postal mail transported via domestic flights on trunk lines in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2017 (in million ton-kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 18, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055381/japan-airmail-transport-distance-domestic-flight-trunk-line/
Statistics Bureau Japan. "Payload distance of postal mail transported via domestic flights on trunk lines in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2017 (in million ton-kilometers)." Chart. November 22, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 18, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055381/japan-airmail-transport-distance-domestic-flight-trunk-line/
Statistics Bureau Japan. (2019). Payload distance of postal mail transported via domestic flights on trunk lines in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2017 (in million ton-kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 18, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055381/japan-airmail-transport-distance-domestic-flight-trunk-line/
Statistics Bureau Japan. "Payload Distance of Postal Mail Transported via Domestic Flights on Trunk Lines in Japan from Fiscal Year 2013 to 2017 (in Million Ton-kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055381/japan-airmail-transport-distance-domestic-flight-trunk-line/
Statistics Bureau Japan, Payload distance of postal mail transported via domestic flights on trunk lines in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2017 (in million ton-kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1055381/japan-airmail-transport-distance-domestic-flight-trunk-line/ (last visited February 18, 2020)
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