Weak cargo revenue hits All Nippon Airways profits
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has seen profits fall by 20.7 per cent in the first quarter of the 2016 financial year, due to a number of factors including international cargo. Profits in the quarter were down to 6.6 billion yen ($65 million) and revenue dipped by 2.3 per cent to 404.4 billion yen. Domestic cargo […]
American Airlines transports gear and equipment for Rio Olympics
American Airlines Cargo has delivered over 65 tonnes of broadcast equipment and athletic gear to Rio de Janeiro in preparation for the Olympic Games, which start on 5 August. Broadcasting equipment was shipped out of Japan and London to Rio for high-resolution filming at the sporting festival. One of the largest shipments of this kind […]
Rhenus and Sankyo sign joint venture
The Rhenus Group and Sankyo Corporation have set up a joint venture known as Rhenus Sankyo Logistics K.K. Sankyo is part of the Fujiki Group, a network of firms with more than 20 companies in Japan and worldwide. Rhenus Asia and the American Sankyo subsidiary Clearfreight have already been working together for many years. The level […]
Lufthansa Cargo and ANA extend joint venture
Lufthansa Cargo and All Nippon Airways (ANA) will extend their cooperation on 12 July – which they say will provide greater flexibility and speed for customers throughout all of Europe. As of that date, Lufthansa’s entire European feeder network will be combined with the direct flights of both partners. As a result, the carrier says customers from all […]
Cargolux expands product portfolio
Cargolux Airlines International has expanded its product portfolio with CV Select and CV Select+, giving preferred access to premium capacity and vastly reduced cut off times. CV Select gives preferred access to premium capacity and booking commitment, while CV Select+ reduces cut off times before departure to 30 minutes before shipments can arrive at the […]
DHL Express opens new gateway in Tokyo
DHL Express has upgraded its facilities in Tokyo with a new nine billion yen ($81 million) gateway located in Shin-Kiba. The 20,000 square metre facility contains more than double the operating area of the previous Tokyo Distribution Centre. It offers bonded warehousing services, and will house the Minato Service Centre, a dedicated service centre for […]
ANA – United joint cargo venture to start on 5 July
All Nippon Airways and United Airlines are to start their joint cargo venture on trans-Pacific routes from 5 July. The joint venture and aligned operations will start on flights from Japan to the US and Canada, followed by routes from North America to Japan at an unspecified date “in the near future”. The Japanese carrier […]
Transhipments help Hong Kong grow in April
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has seen cargo volumes increase by 1.2 per cent in April to 365,000 tonnes, with Europe and Mainland China seeing the largest growth, and transhipments increasing. The airport has continued its recovery, which started in March, following a slow start to the year, with January and February seeing declines. Cargo […]
US carriers target bellyhold routes to Japan
American Airlines has applied to the US Department of Transportation proposing to operate a daily bellyhold service to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport from Los Angeles International Airport and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. American’s application follows the historic signing of a new aviation agreement between the US and Japan in February to improve US carriers’ access at Tokyo Haneda. American’s […]
Aircastle completes loan agreement in Japan
Aircastle has completed a $120 million senior unsecured term loan with a group of seven Japanese financial institutions led by Development Bank of Japan, which served both as the transaction arranger and lender. The loan has a three-year term, and it will provide working capital for general corporate purposes, including aircraft acquisitions. Aircastle’s chief financial […]
Finnair Cargo to start Fukuoka services
Finnair Cargo is to increase Japanese services with three flights a week to Fukuoka from 7 May. Fukuoka will be Finnair Cargo’s fourth destination in Japan after Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya and will be served by an Airbus A330. A number of Japan’s famous companies including Sony, Toshiba, Matsushita, Toyota and Mitsubishi have a strong […]
WFS wins cargo handling contract with Japan Airlines
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won its first-ever contract with Japan Airlines. WFS, which provides ground handling services to more than 300 airlines across its global network, has been awarded a cargo handling contract by the airline at New York’s JFK International Airport. The handler will manage Japan Airlines’ twice-daily Boeing 777 and 787 services […]
All Nippon Airways to start Phnom Penh services
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is to start daily Boeing 787-8 flights from Tokyo to Phnom Penh from 1 September. Flight number NH817 will leave Tokyo’s Narita International Airport at 10.50h and arrive at Phnom Penh International Airport in Cambodia’s capital at 15.10h. The return flight, NH818, will leave Phnom Penh at 22.50h and arrive in […]
Ryukyu Air Commuter takes delivery of first Bombardier Q400
Ryukyu Air Commuter (RAC) has taken delivery of its first Bombardier Q400 cargo-combi aircraft. The carrier, part of the Japan Airlines Group, has ordered a total of five Q400 cargo-combis, which was unveiled at the Farnborough Airshow in July 2014. The aircraft has a cargo capacity of four tonnes and Bombardier says fuel burn is […]
Lufthansa and ANA expand partnership in Japan
Lufthansa Cargo and All Nippon Airways (ANA) Cargo have expanded their joint network in Japan by adding services – just as the carriers celebrate one year since their partnership kicked-off. As of today, 1 December they have started servicing industrial metropolis Fukuoka, on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. This Japan to Europe service will […]
Volga transports communications satellite to Kazakhstan
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported a Türksat 4B satellite and its special transport container to Kazakhstan. The airline carried the communications satellite to the Baikonur Cosmodrome onboard an An-124 freighter flight from Japan and was also assigned to return the cargo container. The satellite was manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric in Japan for the Turkish satellite operator […]