As package volumes declined in Europe and North America during the recession of 2008/2009, the big express companies cut off the expansion of their feeder freighter fleets. This ended several years of strong growth in the number of turboprop freighters in the 3-to-9 tonne payload category operated worldwide, and in 2008 the fleet actually shrank slightly, as carriers parked aircraft and cancelled conversion plans. Slow growth returned during 2009, and that trend continued in 2010.
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