AA Cargo has record freight day from LHR

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American Airlines Cargo shipped more than 575,000 pounds (260,000 kilograms) of freight and mail from London Heathrow (LHR) in a single day, setting a new daily record for the station. The previous busiest day for the London Cargo team was in October 2015 when they shipped 565,857 pounds (256,668 kilograms) from the facility.

This was an extraordinary feat, since American also achieved a 99 percent passenger load factor on the same day, and all departments exhibited a great level of coordination ...