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TONNE-MILLE COMMERCIALE [2 records]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Aviation
DEF

An overall measure of passenger and cargo traffic calculated by multiplying total tons of all revenue traffic carried by the miles they are carried.

Key term(s)
  • capacity ton mile
  • revenue ton mile
  • capacity tonne kilometres
  • capacity ton miles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aviation commerciale
DEF

Mesure du trafic total (passagers et fret). Produit du nombre total de tonnes payantes tous trafics transportées par le nombre de milles qu'elles ont parcourus.

Key term(s)
  • tonne-mille commerciale
  • tonne-mille payante
  • tonnes/kilomètres commerciales
  • tonnes-milles commerciales

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
  • Pricing (Rail Transport)
  • Transport of Goods
DEF

The movement of a ton of 2000 pounds of revenue freight a distance of one mile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
  • Tarification (Transport par rail)
  • Transport de marchandises
DEF

Déplacement d'une tonne de marchandise commerciale sur une distance de un mille.

Spanish

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