DHL flies Ussuri bears to their new home at Yorkshire Wildlife Park
DHL Global Forwarding has safely moved four Ussuri brown bears from Hokkaido, Japan to their new home at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Riku, Kai, Hanako and Amu’s 20-hour journey involved travelling by special temperature controlled trucks chilled to 10C for the journey to New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido. From there, they flew to Tokyo’s Haneda […]
Silk Way and JAL Cargo shake hands on cargo cooperation
Silk Way West Airlines and JAL Cargo have agreed to a cargo services cooperation to use capacity on each other’s aircraft. The cooperation has been described as a “win-win situation” for both partners, as JAL Cargo stopped full freighter operations, the use of Silk Way West Airlines’ capacity on scheduled routes out of Europe via […]
Japanese government demands NCA makes improvements
Nippon Cargo Airlines has received a Business Improvement Order from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) following aircraft maintenance issues. The order from the MLIT is due to violations relating to “inappropriate maintenance for the aircraft structure”, “the report delay to the MLIT”, and “organised manipulation and concealment of corresponding maintenance records”. […]
The land of rising air cargo volumes
An improving Japanese economy as well as rising global demand for electronics, automotive parts and even salmon is helping the airfreight market leap forward, writes David Craik. Lufthansa has recorded a 27 per cent increase in capacity to Japan in the last 12 to 18 months both in freighter and belly to destinations including Tokyo […]
Nippon Cargo Airlines to restart operations
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) will resume operations tomorrow (5 July) after suspending flights due to maintenance issues. The Japanese airline, which has a fleet of five Boeing 747-400Fs and eight Boeing 747-8Fs, suspended operations on 16 June following the discovery of inappropriate maintenance records concerning the lubricating oil supply to aircraft parts. The fleet was […]
Nippon Cargo Airlines remain grounded for at least another week
Nippon Cargo Airlines has extended the grounding of its fleet, with operations not expected to restart for at least another week. Operations were suspended on 17 June to verify all maintenance records were accurate and complete. At the time the Japanese airline anticipated operations would be suspended for about one week but verifying records has […]
Nippon Cargo Airlines suspends operations due to maintenance issues
Nippon Cargo Airlines has suspended all operations while it investigates maintenance records for one of its aircraft that has been described as “inappropriate”. The Japanese airline says it found one inappropriate record concerning the lubricating oil supply to the aircraft parts at Tokyo’s Narita Airport on 3 April 2018. As a precautionary measure it has […]
International cargo makes up for weaker domestic demand for ANA
Strong international growth made up for weaker domestic demand in the 2017 fiscal year for Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA). International revenue increased by 26.5 per cent to 118 billion yen ($1 billion) and freight carried was up 4.3 per cent to 994,000 tonnes with automotive parts and electronics bound for North America and […]
Pharma.Aero welcomes Kansai Airports as newest member
Pharma.Aero is continuing to welcome new members with Japanese airport operator Kansai Airports signing up to the organisation. Kansai Airports gained the operating rights of Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport from New Kansai International Airport Company on 1 April 2016 and has been working on upgrading infrastructure for pharmaceuticals. In August 2017 the […]
Pelican BioThermal to open service centre in Tokyo
Pelican BioThermal will open a service centre in Tokyo, serving the Credo Cube and Credo on Demand rental services. A grand opening will be held on 11 May to mark the official launch, which is one of 12 new Credo on Demand network stations scheduled to open in 2018. The Tokyo service centre will serve […]
Cargolux says konnichiwa to Tokyo with weekly flights to Narita
Cargolux Airlines International has inaugurated weekly flights to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport in the scope of its cooperation agreement with Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA). The weekly service operated in a codeshare leaves Luxembourg on Tuesday evening and arrives in Tokyo on Wednesday afternoon at 16.25h. The return flight is routed via Seoul’s Incheon International Airport […]
All Nippon Airways to add two 777 Freighters to its fleet
All Nippon Airways (ANA) will introduce two Boeing 777 Freighters to its fleet in response to the expanding market in Asia, China and North America. The aircraft will be capable of transporting oversized cargo and special items such as aircraft engines, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, lithium batteries and pharmaceuticals in large quantities. Delivery is scheduled for […]
ANA signs United for Wildlife Buckingham Palace Declaration
All Nippon Airways has become the first Japanese airline to sign the United for Wildlife Buckingham Palace Declaration to crack down on illegal trafficking of wildlife. The initiative was created by the Royal Foundation of The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge & Prince Harry, who invited representatives of the transport industry to pledge their support […]
Nippon Cargo Airlines enter into codeshare with Cargolux
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) is continuing to enter into business partnerships by agreeing to start codeshares of cargo flights with Luxembourg based Cargolux Airlines International. Subject to government approval, the two airlines will start the codeshare on 27 March 2018 from Luxembourg to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport, which operates on Tuesdays. The flight, which will […]
NCA and ANA sign strategic business partnership
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a strategic partnership between the two Japanese airlines. The partnership will consist of three key elements: code share, block space and maintenance support. Within the first half of the 2018 fiscal year, NCA and ANA plan to […]
NCA and SIA Cargo build on block space agreement with new MoU
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) and Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop strategic partnership, building on existing block space agreements. In the first phase, the two airlines have agreed to introduce codeshare services on routes between Tokyo and Singapore after 1 April 2018, subject to regulatory approval, which will […]
ANA and United add routes from America to joint venture
All Nippon Airways and United Airlines are expanding their cargo joint venture to include routes from the US and Canada to Japan. The airlines started joint sales and enhanced operation of shipments originating in Japan bound for the US and Canada in July 2016, and the upgrade will take effect on 6 February. The Japanese […]
Lufthansa Cargo launches two weekly freighter flights to Osaka
Lufthansa Cargo is increasing its presence in the Japanese market by adding two weekly freighter flights to Osaka. The Osaka services complement the existing daily freighter flights to and from Tokyo Narita as well as passenger flights to Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo Haneda and Nagoya. The new route is operated from Frankfurt via Novosibirsk to Osaka on […]
New domestic cargo routes on the horizon for All Nippon Airways
All Nippon Airways (ANA) will add new domestic cargo routes in Japan driven by rising demand for Japanese goods from other Asian countries. It says demand for Japanese goods from the Kyushu market led to the airline deciding to open routes from Osaka/Kansai to Kitakyushu and from Kitakyushu to Okinawa. The airline says regular freighter […]
va-Q-tec and Japan Airlines sign cold chain logistics deal
Va-Q-tec and Japan Airlines have announced a global cooperation, offering an extended availability of passive thermal containers in one of the largest pharmaceutical markets in Asia. The company says customers to benefit from the extensive network of the airfreight company and the advanced technology of the packaging export, providing an opportunity for temperature-controlled transport of […]
Asia to expand rapidly after exceptional year
2017 has proved to be an exceptional year for all three of Air Charter Service’s Asia Pacific offices; and regional director for Asia Pacific Steve Fernandez (pictured) predicts rapid growth in years to come. He says there has been a resurgence in peak season demand, the likes that have not been seen for over a […]
Silk Way West Airlines launches Baku – Kansai freighter route
Japan will get its first regular freighter service to Azerbaijan after Silk Way West Airlines launched a weekly Boeing 747F route from Baku to Kansai International Airport (KIX). The service will start on 29 December and see the carrier operate flight number 7L608 from Baku direct to KIX on a Friday, arriving at 19.00h. Flight number 7L128/129 […]
Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines pen cooperation agreement
Cargolux has signed a cooperation agreement with Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) today that allows both partners access to each other’s capacity through code-share and space swap agreements. Cargolux now has access to NCA’s flights from Frankfurt Hahn to Tokyo Narita while NCA has access to its flights from Luxembourg to Narita. The carrier says it […]
AAPA: air cargo demand up 5.8% in October
Preliminary traffic figures for the month of October released today by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed healthy demand growth in the Asia Pacific region. AAPA says reflecting the sustained upturn in global trade for consumer and intermediate goods, Asia Pacific airlines saw international air cargo demand, as measured in freight tonne kilometres […]
Yusen Logistics acquires Romanian 3PL Tibbett Logistics
Yusen Logistics has extended its business in Central Eastern Europe with the acquisition of Tibbett Logistics. The Japanese company has reached agreement to acquire Tibbett, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of UK-based Keswick Enterprises Group. No financial figure of the deal has been announced and the acquisition is subject to regulatory approval by the […]
ANA becomes first Japanese carrier to achieve CEIV Pharma
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has become the first airline in Japan to be awarded the IATA CEIV Pharma certification. The airline has achieved the accreditation at ANA’s largest cargo operation, at Narita International Airport in Tokyo. ANA says to provide a higher quality in handling and transporting pharmaceutical products, it implemented numerous enhancements in various areas, […]
JAL Cargo appoints Starlight Express as GSA in Nepal
Starlight Express – the Nepalese independent freight forwarder and agent of the U-Freight Group (UFL) – has been appointed general sales agent (GSA) for Japan Airlines Cargo (JAL Cargo). As an official representative for JAL Cargo, Starlight Express says it has committed to selling cargo space on the airline’s flights between Japan and Nepal, and […]
Asia Pacific carriers continue to see strong demand
Preliminary traffic figures for the month of September released today by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show international air cargo markets continued to enjoy double-digit growth in traffic volumes. International air cargo demand, in freight tonne kilometres (FTK) increased by a 11.4 per cent compared to the same month last year, reflecting the […]
Chinese demand for lobsters booms with free trade deal
The Australia/China Free Trade Agreement has resulted in significant growth in live animal shipments to China, Tigers International Solutions forwarding director, David Wilkins (pictured) tells Air Cargo Week. He says Mainland China is a major consumer of live lobsters, and though Japan is also an important market in the region, there is not the same […]
Lufthansa Cargo to restart MD-11 freighter to Kansai
Lufthansa Cargo is to resume a direct 80-tonne MD-11 Freighter service from Frankfurt Airport to Osaka’s Kansai International Airport from 18 January next year. The German cargo carrier last flew the route in March 2014 and will service Kansai twice a week stopping in Osaka on a Thursday and Saturday. The MD-11 has a capacity of […]
