Transportation companies including Yusen Air & Sea Service and All Nippon Airways and government officials are looking at joint transfer services for air freight between Tokyo’s Haneda and Narita airports, Nikkei English News reported. Also participating in the talks are Nippon Express Co., Kintetsu World Express and Japan Airlines, Nikkei said. An expansion at Haneda in October 2010 is projected to see more cargo passing through the airport. … [Read more...] about Haneda may play more important cargo role
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AMERICAS: US Airways and ANA to codeshare
US Airways Group and Japan’s All Nippon Airways announced a planned codeshare agreement which is slated to begin 16 September, pending governmental approval in both countries. If cleared, frequent fliers of both companies would receive double miles on each others’ flights through 30 November. … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: US Airways and ANA to codeshare
Japanese cargo slump slows
Japan’s two largest airlines saw their declines in international cargo volumes continue to slow in May. Japan Airlines, the country's largest carrier said that its international cargo volume declined for the 10th consecutive month in May, falling 21.7 per cent to 40,079 tonnes, year-on-year, a significant improvement on the 28.7 per cent plummet recorded in April. Japan’s second-largest air carrier, All Nippon Airways, said that its international cargo volume declined for … [Read more...] about Japanese cargo slump slows
JAPAN: Japanese air cargo drop slows in April
Japan’s two largest airlines – Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) – saw their international cargo volume decline again in April on a yearon- year basis amid the global economic slump, but the contraction was the lowest in five months. Japan Airlines, Asia’s biggest air carrier, said its international cargo volume declined for the ninth consecutive month in April, plunging 28.7 per cent to 39,795 tonnes, an improvement over March when … [Read more...] about JAPAN: Japanese air cargo drop slows in April
AMERICAS: Boeing again delays first 787 test flight
Only days before the much anticipated first test flight of the long-awaited Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing has had to embarrassingly announce yet another delay – the fifth so far – to the aircraft’s delivery schedule due to a newly discovered technical problem. Chicago-based Boeing said this week that it needs to reinforce small areasnear where the wings connect to the fuselage before conducting the first testflight, which Boeing had insisted wouldoccur before … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: Boeing again delays first 787 test flight
All Nippon sees cargo revenue rise
All Nippon Airways, Japan's second-largest airline, says its business will dip into the red for the first time in six years and it expects a group net loss of JPY9 billion for the year to March 31 instead of a previously projected profit of JPY17 billion. It had a JPY64.1 billion profit the previous year. But the group's revenue from its international cargo operations increased 9.8 per cent during the April-December period from a year earlier to JPY 59.2 billion (US$660.7 million). … [Read more...] about All Nippon sees cargo revenue rise
