This statistic shows the amount of air freight set down and picked up at airports in the UK between 1950 and 2020. There was a clear steady, strong growth in the amount of air freight being handled in the UK from 1950 to 2005. In 2020, the amount of air freight handled reached two million tons.
Total amount of freight set down and picked up by aircraft in the United Kingdom (UK) between 1950 and 2020* (in 1,000 metric tons)
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GOV.UK. (December 16, 2021). Total amount of freight set down and picked up by aircraft in the United Kingdom (UK) between 1950 and 2020* (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/304049/historical-air-freight-handled-in-the-uk-united-kingdom/
GOV.UK. "Total amount of freight set down and picked up by aircraft in the United Kingdom (UK) between 1950 and 2020* (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. December 16, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/304049/historical-air-freight-handled-in-the-uk-united-kingdom/
GOV.UK. (2021). Total amount of freight set down and picked up by aircraft in the United Kingdom (UK) between 1950 and 2020* (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/304049/historical-air-freight-handled-in-the-uk-united-kingdom/
GOV.UK. "Total Amount of Freight Set down and Picked up by Aircraft in The United Kingdom (Uk) between 1950 and 2020* (in 1,000 Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/304049/historical-air-freight-handled-in-the-uk-united-kingdom/
GOV.UK, Total amount of freight set down and picked up by aircraft in the United Kingdom (UK) between 1950 and 2020* (in 1,000 metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/304049/historical-air-freight-handled-in-the-uk-united-kingdom/ (last visited December 01, 2023)
Total amount of freight set down and picked up by aircraft in the United Kingdom (UK) between 1950 and 2020* (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph], GOV.UK, December 16, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/304049/historical-air-freight-handled-in-the-uk-united-kingdom/