This statistic ranks passenger airlines from the United Kingdom (UK) by the amount of uplifted cargo (meaning freight or excess baggage transported in extra space on passenger flights) in 2020. British Airways PLC leads with 246,310 metric tons of uplifted cargo. In total, passenger airlines uplifted 318,880 metric tons of cargo in 2020.
Amount of freight and excess baggage uplifted by United Kingdom (UK) passenger airlines in 2020 (in metric tons)*
* Cargo here means freight or excess baggage transported in extra space on passenger flights, but does not include passengers' and crews' permitted baggage.
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Civil Aviation Authority (UK). (May 24, 2021). Amount of freight and excess baggage uplifted by United Kingdom (UK) passenger airlines in 2020 (in metric tons)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1022884/cargo-uplifted-by-uk-passenger-airlines-in-tonnes/
Civil Aviation Authority (UK). "Amount of freight and excess baggage uplifted by United Kingdom (UK) passenger airlines in 2020 (in metric tons)*." Chart. May 24, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1022884/cargo-uplifted-by-uk-passenger-airlines-in-tonnes/
Civil Aviation Authority (UK). (2021). Amount of freight and excess baggage uplifted by United Kingdom (UK) passenger airlines in 2020 (in metric tons)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1022884/cargo-uplifted-by-uk-passenger-airlines-in-tonnes/
Civil Aviation Authority (UK). "Amount of Freight and Excess Baggage Uplifted by United Kingdom (Uk) Passenger Airlines in 2020 (in Metric Tons)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1022884/cargo-uplifted-by-uk-passenger-airlines-in-tonnes/
Civil Aviation Authority (UK), Amount of freight and excess baggage uplifted by United Kingdom (UK) passenger airlines in 2020 (in metric tons)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1022884/cargo-uplifted-by-uk-passenger-airlines-in-tonnes/ (last visited April 20, 2025)
Amount of freight and excess baggage uplifted by United Kingdom (UK) passenger airlines in 2020 (in metric tons)* [Graph], Civil Aviation Authority (UK), May 24, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1022884/cargo-uplifted-by-uk-passenger-airlines-in-tonnes/
