Narita Airport to build centralized cargo facility for All Nippon Airways

All Nippon Airways will consolidate cargo operations scattered about Tokyo’s Narita International Airport into a single area next year and increase efficiency after the airport operator completes construction of a large warehouse with modern features.

The new two-story facility will have 409,000 square feet of cargo transfer and storage space and open for business in October 2024, the Japanese airline and Narita International Airport Corp. announced Wednesday. It will be built adjacent to an...

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All Nippon Airways big cargo loser in 2nd quarter

Cargo revenue at All Nippon Airways was significantly worse than its peer group during the calendar second quarter, with the Japanese combination carrier on Friday reporting a 60% decline in sales for goods transport on its passenger and dedicated cargo jets.

International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of British Airways and four other carriers, experienced a 32% drop in cargo revenue, while second-quarter cargo receipts at Air France-KLM Group (DXE: AFKLM) contracted by a third year...

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NYK Line bucks trend, exits cargo airline business

Japanese ocean shipping and transport company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, also known as NYK Line, on Tuesday announced it will sell Nippon Cargo Airlines to All Nippon Airways. The decision reverses a new trend of vessel operators establishing their own freighter airlines.

Publicly traded NYK Line said it is exiting the air cargo business because it has become too expensive to run a profitable airline and grow to meet new demand. NCA owns and controls 15 Boeing 747 jumbo freighters: eight...

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Cargo Freighter Capacity Increased By Japan’s ANA

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  • The company is targeting to increase its cargo handling volume by 10pc in the 2025-26 fiscal year compared to 2019-20.
  • The new freighters can carry larger cargoes, such as semiconductor manufacturing equipment and prototypes for trade fairs.
  • Cargo volume at the Narita was at a record high of around 2.6mn t last year. 

Japanese airline company All Nippon Airways (ANA) will strengthen its air cargo business, increasing the company’s freighter aircraft capacity.

Increasing...

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All Nippon Airways changes Boeing 777 order to get next-gen freighters

A white cargo jet with blue tail and ANA Cargo logo takes off.

All Nippon Airways said Monday it converted two of its 20 orders for Boeing’s next-generation 777 passenger aircraft, the 777-9, to the 777-8 cargo version, becoming the third airline to commit to the large future freighter since Boeing launched the program at the start of the year.

ANA is a large combination carrier that operates nine Boeing 767-300 medium-size freighters and two large 777 freighters, according to a March 2021 fact sheet. ANA said the new 777-8 cargo jets will enter service...

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All Nippon Airways hits cargo revenue record for 5th consecutive quarter

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All Nippon Airways on Tuesday reported a record high in cargo revenue of $863 million for the fiscal year third quarter ended Dec. 30 on higher demand from shippers seeking to avoid crowded ocean shipping lanes.

Popular items ANA carried were automotive parts, semiconductors, electronics and COVID vaccines. Much of the activity was on trans-Pacific and intra-Asia lanes.

For the first nine months, cargo revenues increased 160% versus 2019 to $2.2 billion.

Strong cargo performance helped the carrier...

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ANA adjusts freight operations in Tokyo, Okinawa to boost efficiency

A white All Nippon Airways cargo plane with blue tail moves down a taxiway at Bangkok airport, with construction in the background.

All Nippon Airways, the seventeenth largest carrier of air cargo by volume, has decided to consolidate freighter operations in Tokyo and eliminate freighter service to the large island of Okinawa, as part of a heightened focus on profitability.

The airline recently reported a $2.8 billion loss for the first three quarters of its fiscal year, with operating revenues falling by two-thirds due to the clamp down on flying caused by the coronavirus pandemic. International passenger revenue fell 94%...

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