Nippon Cargo Airlines

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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		11
Destinations		20
Parent company		Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd.
Headquarters		Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Website: http://www.nca.aero

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

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

Nippon Cargo Airlines was established on September 21, 1978 and started operations in 1985. It was Japan's first all-cargo airline.^[1] Over time, their network has grown to include many cities on three continents. Initially, NCA was a joint venture of Nippon Yusen and All Nippon Airways. NCA's livery was similar to that of ANA. In July 2005, ANA sold its stake to Nippon Yusen. NCA changed its livery in the meantime to a more unique design.^[2]

[edit] Destinations

Nippon Cargo Airlines Boeing 747 at Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) in December 2003. Photo copyrighted by, and courtesy of, Mr. Melvin Jansen.

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.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Asia

[edit] Europe

[edit] North America

[edit] Fleet

The Nippon Cargo Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2006:^[3]

Type	Number
Boeing 747-200F	10
Boeing 747-400F	4 (6 on order)
Boeing 747-8F	(8 on order)

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.^[4]

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]}