Nippon Cargo Airlines renews freighter deal with Atlas Air
Atlas Air Worldwide and Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) have renewed their partnership, marked by a signing ceremony at the NCA headquarters in Tokyo. The extension of the current Air Transportation Services Agreement (ATSA) with transpacific operation between Asia and North America will boost international air cargo growth, including capital equipment for semiconductor and e-commerce needs, […]
Nippon Cargo Airlines to use Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel for their cargo flights reducing the emissions of cargo transport
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA), the only international cargo airline based in Japan, has for the first time used Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ for several cargo flights in November and December this year. The sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is supplied by Neste at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The flights with SAF are a result of NCA’s commitment […]
Nippon Cargo Airlines joins forces with cargo.one
Japan’s Nippon Cargo Airlines has entered a partnership with air cargo e-booking platform cargo.one, allowing freight forwarders to book capacity with instant confirmation. The partnership will allow NCA to expand its reach in Europe by gaining access to cargo.one’s fast-growing user base of more than 300 freight forwarding companies, and reduce manual distribution work. cargo.one […]
Nippon Cargo Airlines upgrades winter network
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) is upgrading its network for the winter schedule, with all eight Boeing 747-8 Freighters back in operation. The winter schedule will start on Sunday 27 October with the Japanese airline saying the network has been optimised to better match customer requirements and enhance services. In the USA, departures from Tokyo Narita […]
Nippon Cargo Airlines deploys Descartes ACAS solution
Nippon Cargo Airlines has deployed Descartes’ Air Cargo Advance Screening solution to meet mandatory advanced security filing requirements for air cargo imports to the USA. ACAS is a joint US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) programme that requires data be submitted prior to loading at a foreign airport. On 12 […]
Hactl competition focuses on safety again
Hactl’s renowned International Forklift and Pallet Building Competition has once again taken place at the company’s massive SuperTeminal 1 facility in Hong Kong. It was the twelfth year of the contest, which is a key element of Hactl’s ongoing Safety at Work programme. Nine teams took part in this year’s competition: Air Canada Cargo, Air […]
Atlas Air expands 747-400F services for NCA
Atlas Air has expanded its strategic agreement with Nippon Cargo Airlines to add three NCA-owned Boeing 747-400 Freighters to the existing operation. The incremental aircraft will be operated on key routes across the transpacific market, and are scheduled to enter service in April, July and September 2019, bringing the total number of 747-400Fs operated on […]
Nippon Cargo Airlines to resume flights to Europe
Nippon Cargo Airlines is resuming flights to Europe with services to Amsterdam and Milan starting again on 5 October. The Japanese airline suspended all services in June due to maintenance issues after inappropriate records concerning the lubricating oil supply for an aircraft at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport was uncovered. Services started again on 5 July […]
NCA submits measures to stop maintenance issues happening again
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has submitted the preventive measures for the Business Improvement Order to make sure maintenance and airworthiness issues do not happen again. The Japanese government’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism (MLIT) after maintenance issues were discovered along with problems with record keeping. When NCA received the order, it says internal […]
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 […]
NCA quiet on aircraft damage
Japanese media outlet NHK World is reporting that a Japanese air cargo operator has been found to be negligent in reporting serious damages to its planes on multiple occasions. The country’s transport ministry is examining these incidents. Nippon Cargo Airlines is alleged to have sustained heavy damage to its freighters in the United States twice, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Atlas Air losses increase in Q3 despite volume and revenue growth
Atlas Air Worldwide has seen losses increase to $24.1 million in the third quarter despite significant growth in revenue and volumes. The losses are up from $7.9 million in the same period of 2016, though revenue rose from $448 million in 2016 to $535.7 million this year. Year to date profits were up from $13 […]
New cargo facility opens at Edmonton International Airport
A new state-of-the-art $10 million Canadian ($7.9 million) cargo and logistics warehouse opened on Friday, 20 October at Edmonton International Airport (EIA). The new 50,000 square-foot cargo facility is the third building owned by Aeroterm and construction began in Spring 2016 and it opened earlier this month. Local media also reported on Friday, that Korean […]
Sochi Airport handles racing cars for Formula One Russian Grand Prix
Sochi International Airport has handled seven flights of equipment and racing cars for the Formula One Russian Grand Prix, which will take place between 9 and 11 October. The first two flights, operated by AirBridgeCargo Airlines landed on 29 September carrying television equipment and racing cars. This was followed by four more AirBridgeCargo and Nippon […]
