Greetings -

I was in a small town in the Pacific Northwest (on a trip) and had a package sent to me via one of the "two" major next day services. The package was delayed because of weather. The next day I was advised it would be coming into the local airport via air and the company's local station told me I could meet the driver at the airport at a certain time.

Being a small airport, it didn't take much to figure out what *commercial* flight it was coming in one, being I was provided the time it would arrive and where the package got stuck at. Yes, this next day air package FLEW commecially and even transited the largest airport in the Pacific Northwest en-route to it's final destination.

I met the driver at the airport and I was given my package (a day late) about 5 minutes after the commercial flight came in. As this was a small airport, I even saw my package and other packages being offloaded from this commercial flight (turbo-prop aircraft).

All different types of cargo travel by passenger aircraft. What do you think travel's in the belly of Icelandair 757's from REK-MSP/JFK/BWI/MCO/etc ? What do you think flies in the belly on the return? How about Combi aircraft?

I've flown on many KLM 747 Combi's from the USA to Amsterdam and return; please don't tell me the back was empty. I've also flown Qantas Combi's (long time ago, circa 1994) from LAX-NAN-SYD and SYD-CNS-HNL-LAX.

Cargo most definately does travel on commercial aircraft with passengers.

Best,

SDF_Traveler