In the early days there wasn’t much need for a standalone air cargo entity in Japan. The shipping companies were able to meet all the demands to bring the necessary cargo into the country. However, this all changed in the 1960’s, with the introduction of passenger aircraft that could stow away small amounts of cargo under the floors, boosting the air cargo industry the world over. As with the rest of the world, the Japanese ocean shipping industry took notice and had a keen interest … [Read more...] about Nippon Cargo Airlines: From the sea to the open sky
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Cargolux Italia in partnership with Japan’s NCA
Cargolux Italia and Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) have entered into a partnership agreement for codeshare cargo flights from Milan Malpensa Airport to Kansai International Airport and from Malpensa to Narita International Airport, subject to approvals from the aviation authorities. The cooperation between Cargolux Italia and NCA and represents an improved offering on the routes between Italy and Japan that also include two weekly flights from Milan Malpensa to Osaka and four weekly flights from … [Read more...] about Cargolux Italia in partnership with Japan’s NCA
Cargolux Italia in partnership with Japan's NCA
Cargolux Italia and Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) have entered into a partnership agreement for codeshare cargo flights from Milan Malpensa Airport to Kansai International Airport and from Malpensa to Narita International Airport, subject to approvals from the aviation authorities. The cooperation between Cargolux Italia and NCA and represents an improved offering on the routes between Italy and Japan that also include two weekly flights from Milan Malpensa to Osaka and four weekly flights from … [Read more...] about Cargolux Italia in partnership with Japan's NCA
NCA stalls fleet expansion, losses until 2011
Japan's Nippon Cargo Airlines - a subsidiary of Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), the nation's largest shipping firm - has announced a stalling of its fleet expansion plan over the next three years to weather "unprecedented" economic turbulence. Japan's second-largest international air cargo carrier after Japan Airlines, currently operates eight Boeing 747-400Fs and had originally planned to increase the number of aircraft under its own operation to 24 by the end of 2013. But NCA will … [Read more...] about NCA stalls fleet expansion, losses until 2011
Cargo B takes delivery of second B747-400F
Belgian-based cargo airline, Cargo B has recently taken delivery of its second, new Boeing 747-400 freighter. Like its first new build B747-400 freighter delivered in December, the new aircraft is also leased from the airline's strategic partner, Nippon Cargo Airlines, and will start operations from Brussels on 17 May. According to Niek Van Der Weide, Cargo B executive vice president of commercial, the carrier can now serve its African markets with three weekly flights to Kinshasa, Libreville, … [Read more...] about Cargo B takes delivery of second B747-400F
JAL and NCA to cargo code-share
Japan Airlines (JAL) and Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) have agreed to begin code share cargo flights from 29 March. The agreement will begin with code-share flights between Narita, Tokyo and Chicago and Los Angeles with a later expansion to New York, Seoul and Shanghai, pending approval. JAL currently operates freighter-only flights on 27 routes worldwide with 70 flights per week, and with this code share agreement, the number of cargo flights a week increases to 75. … [Read more...] about JAL and NCA to cargo code-share