Nippon Cargo Airlines
日本貨物航空

IATA KZ ICAO NCA Callsign NIPPON CARGO
Founded	September 21, 1978
Hubs	Narita International Airport Kansai International Airport Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Fleet size	10 (+14 orders)
Destinations	20
Parent company	Nippon Cargo Airlines Company, Limited
Headquarters	Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Tadamasa Ishida (President & CEO)
Website	http://www.nca.aero

Nippon Cargo Airlines Company, Limited (日本貨物航空株式会社, Nippon Kamotsu Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha^?), or NCA, is a cargo airline based in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.^[1] It operates scheduled cargo services in Asia and to Europe and the North America. Its main base is Narita International Airport outside Tokyo.^[2]

[edit] History

Nippon Cargo Airlines was established on September 21, 1978 and started operations in 1985. It was Japan's first all-cargo airline.^[2] Over time, their network has grown to include many cities on three continents. Initially, NCA was a joint venture of shipping companies headed by Nippon Yūsen and All Nippon Airways. In August 2005, ANA sold its stake to Nippon Yūsen.^[3]

The airline is owned by Global Logistics Investments (55.18%), Nippon Yūsen (13.8%), Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (13.19%), Nippon Express (3.13%) and others (14.7%).^[2]

[edit] Destinations

Nippon Cargo Airlines Boeing 747 at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in December 2003. As some people might notice NCA livery is still similar to ANA's.

The following are NCA's scheduled destinations. NCA's scheduled routes are from Japan to Asia, and from Japan to North America and Europe via Anchorage (as of July 2009).^[4]

[edit] Asia

• Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi Airport), Thailand
• Beijing (Beijing International Airport), China
• Hong Kong (Hong Kong International Airport), China
• Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur International Airport), Malaysia
• Manila (Ninoy Aquino International Airport), Philippines
• Nagoya (Chūbu Centrair International Airport), Japan
• Osaka (Kansai International Airport), Japan
• Seoul (Incheon International Airport), Korea
• Shanghai (Shanghai Pudong International Airport), China
• Singapore (Singapore Changi Airport), Singapore
• Tokyo (Narita International Airport), Japan

[edit] Europe

• Amsterdam (Amsterdam Schiphol Airport), Netherlands
• Frankfurt (Frankfurt International Airport), Germany [ends 24 October]
• Milan (Malpensa International Airport), Italy

[edit] North America

• Anchorage (Ted Stevens International Airport), U.S.
• Chicago (O'Hare International Airport), U.S.
• Guadalajara (Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport), Mexico
• Los Angeles (Los Angeles International), U.S.
• New York (John F. Kennedy International Airport), U.S.
• San Francisco (San Francisco International Airport), U.S.

[edit] Fleet

NCA 747 taking off from Narita near Tokyo.

The Nippon Cargo Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2009)^[5]:

• On 9 June 2005 Nippon Cargo Airline's first Boeing 747-400F was handed over at Everett, Washington, the first of four on order for the airline.^[6]

• NCA will be one of the launch customers for the Boeing 747-8 freighter.It placed an order for 8 Boeing 747-800F.

• In June 2006, it has confirmed an order for 2 additional Boeing 747-400F. These aircraft are due for delivery in 2008 and 2009 and will replace Boeing 747-200F. Previously, it ordered 8 Boeing 747-400F, 3 of which have been delivered.^{[citation needed]}

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