Nippon Cargo Airlines
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Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) is a cargo airline with its head office on the property of Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, outside Tokyo. It operates scheduled cargo services in Asia and to Europe and North America. Its main base is Narita Airport.<ref name="FI">Nippon Cargo Airlines, Corporate Profile.</ref>
HistoryEdit
Nippon Cargo Airlines was established on September 21, 1978 (its head office was initially a single room inside All Nippon Airways' space at the Kasumigaseki Building<ref name=ncaorigin>"Chapter 3. On the path to becoming a member of the incumbent carrier group." Nippon Cargo Airlines. Retrieved on September 1, 2015.</ref>) and started operations in 1985. It was Japan's first all-cargo airline.<ref name="FI"/> 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 Yusen and All Nippon Airways (ANA). In August 2005, ANA sold its stake to Nippon Yusen.<ref name="N1">Template:Cite press release</ref>
The airline is owned by Nippon Yusen (100%). In March 2023, ANA announced plans to acquire NCA from Nippon Yusen to enhance ANA's freight operations.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The deal was delayed due to international regulatory concerns.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In December 2010, NCA was selected to provide ground support services for the Japanese Air Force One aircraft, replacing Japan Airlines which was then in the process of retiring its 747 fleet.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Corporate affairsEdit
Headquarters and major officesEdit
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Nippon Cargo Airlines has its headquarters in the NCA Line Maintenance Hangar (NCAライン整備ハンガー NCA Rain Seibi Hangā) at Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture.<ref name="Japaneseprofile">"会社概要." Nippon Cargo Airlines. Retrieved on February 17, 2012. "本社（成田事務所）〒282-0011 千葉県成田市成田国際空港内 NCAライン整備ハンガー" - "本社" means headquarters in Japanese, and "東京事業所 〒105-0003 東京都港区西新橋三丁目23番5号 御成門郵船ビルディング11階"</ref><ref name="Englishprofile">"Corporate Profile." Nippon Cargo Airlines. Retrieved on February 17, 2012. "NARITA OFFICE NCA Line Maintenance Hangar Narita International Airport Narita-shi, Chiba 282-0011, Japan" and "TOKYO OFFICE : Onarimon Yusen Bldg. 11F 3-23-5 Nishi-Shimbashi Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003, Japan"</ref> The hangar is within the engineering and maintenance complex at Narita Airport.<ref name="NewstuffMaintCrew">"Accelerated progress toward independent operations "Order placed for construction of a crew training center and an engineering & maintenance hangar"." (Archive) Nippon Cargo Airlines. Retrieved on February 20, 2012.</ref> The facility has several environmentally friendly aspects, including a light wall, top lighting, naturally balanced wind power vent windows, a garden roof, a solar water heating system, and equipment to use rainwater to wash aircraft fuselages.<ref>"Ecological Features for Environment Conservation." (Archive) Nippon Cargo Airlines. Retrieved on February 19, 2012. This is linked from "Environment-Friendly Line Maintenance Hanager with State-of-the-Art Technology Completed at Narita International Airport" so we know this has to do with the hangar.</ref>
In 2007 NCA signed a deal with Nippon Steel Engineering, which historically built hangars for large aircraft, for the construction of a maintenance and engineering hangar at Narita.<ref name="Neworder">"Order placed for construction of a crew training center and an engineering & maintenance hangar Template:Webarchive." Nippon Cargo Airlines. August 9, 2007. Retrieved on February 20, 2012.</ref> The building was to have environmentally friendly procedures conducive to maintaining aircraft during the daytime, because NCA has its aircraft maintenance activities scheduled for daytime hours.<ref name="NewstuffMaintCrew"/> On April 30, 2009, the construction of the line maintenance hangar was completed. On June 8, 2009, the hangar's operations began.<ref>"Environment-Friendly Line Maintenance Hanager with State-of-the-Art Technology Completed at Narita International Airport Template:Webarchive." Nippon Cargo Airlines. July 2, 2009. Retrieved on February 19, 2012.</ref>
In July 1978, when the company first began, it operated within a single room inside All Nippon Airways's space in the Kasumigaseki Building in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo.<ref name="IncumbentEN">"Chapter 3. On the path to becoming a member of the incumbent carrier group." (Archive) Nippon Cargo Airlines. 59. Retrieved on February 18, 2010.</ref> In March 1997 NCA moved its headquarters from the Shiroyama JT Mori Building (城山JT森ビル Shiroyama JT Mori Biru) to the 10th floor of the New Kasumigaseki Building (新霞が関ビル Shin Kasumigaseki Biru),<ref>"第3章 先発企業グループへの." (Archive) Nippon Cargo Airlines. 108. Retrieved on February 17, 2012. "1997年3月にコスト抑制を主な目的として、城山JT森ビルから新霞が関ビル10階へと移転した。"</ref> which had housed NCA's marketing division from 1987 to 1991. In March 2003, due to a demand for more space, the headquarters moved to the Shiodome City Center in Shiodome, Minato, Tokyo when it opened; the move was the fifth time the headquarters moved.<ref name="IncumbentEN"/> The airline had its headquarters and its East Japan sales office on the 8th floor.<ref>"NCA Worldwide Offices." Nippon Cargo Airlines. August 9, 2004. Retrieved on February 17, 2012. "Head Office Shiodome City Center 8F 5-2, Higashi-Shinbashi, 1-Chome, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 105-7108, Japan" and "East Japan Sales Office Shiodome City Center 8F 5-2, Higashi-Shinbashi, 1-Chome, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 105-7108, Japan"</ref><ref>"NCA's Support for Relief Supplies Transportation for Philippines Landslide Disaster." (Archive) Nippon Cargo Airlines. February 22, 2006. Retrieved on February 18, 2012.</ref>
Regional office facilitiesEdit
Currently the airline's corporate Tokyo office is in the Onarimon Yusen Building (御成門郵船ビルディング Onarimon Yūsen Biru) in Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato, Tokyo.<ref name="Japaneseprofile"/><ref name="Englishprofile"/> In 2008 the corporate Narita office was on the fourth floor of the Cargo Administration Building (貨物管理ビル Kamotsu Kanri Biru).<ref>"Corporate Profile." Nippon Cargo Airlines. June 28, 2008. Retrieved on February 17, 2012. "NARITA OFFICE Cargo Administration Bldg. 4F Narita International Airport Narita-shi, Chiba 282-0021, Japan"</ref><ref>"会社概要." Nippon Cargo Airlines. Retrieved on February 17, 2012. "本社（成田事務所） 〒282-0021 千葉県成田市成田国際空港内 貨物管理ビル4階"</ref>
Other Japan facilitiesEdit
NCA opened a computer center in Koto, Tokyo in 2007, with the opening ceremony taking place on March 12, 2007. Previously the computer operations were done at the ANA computer center.<ref>"NCA's Computer Center Opens Template:Webarchive." Nippon Cargo Airlines. March 16, 2007. Retrieved on February 18, 2012.</ref><ref>"NCA's Computer Center Opens." (Archive) Nippon Cargo Airlines. March 16, 2007. Retrieved on February 18, 2012.</ref> On October 9, 2007, the airline established its Global Operations Center at Terminal 2 of Narita International Airport.<ref>"Establishment of "NCA's Global Operations Center" Template:Webarchive." Nippon Cargo Airlines. October 9, 2007. Retrieved on February 19, 2012.</ref> Some members of the technical section of the flight operations headquarters were immediately moved to the new center. In the northern hemisphere spring of 2008, crew-related sections were to be transferred to the new operations center.<ref>"A step forward in the quest for independent flight operations Establishment of "NCA's Global Operations Center" Some sections of the Flight Operations HQ move to Terminal 2 at Narita International Airport on October 9." (Archive) Nippon Cargo Airlines. October 9, 2009. Retrieved on February 17, 2012.</ref> In 2007 NCA signed an order with Taisei Corporation for the construction of a crew training center.<ref name="Neworder"/> Construction on the crew center, located in Shibayama, Sanbu District, was to begin in September 2007. The company scheduled for the facility to become operational in September 2008.<ref name="NewstuffMaintCrew"/> On May 6, 2011, the airline announced that it was relocating its local Narita offices and its cargo warehouse from Narita's north cargo area to Narita's south cargo area.<ref>"Relocation of NCA Cargo Handling Facilities in Narita, Japan Template:Webarchive." Nippon Cargo Airlines. May 6, 2011. Retrieved on February 17, 2012. Japanese version Template:Webarchive</ref>
Divisions and worldwide officesEdit
In 2007, NCA established the regional subsidiaries NCA Americas Inc. and Nippon Cargo Airlines Europe B.V.<ref>"NCA's business structure in the United States and Europe." Nippon Cargo Airlines. April 3, 2007. Retrieved on February 18, 2012.</ref><ref name="BizstructPDF">"NCA's business structure in the United States and Europe Establishment of NCA Americas Inc. and Nippon Cargo Airlines Europe B.V.." (Archive) Nippon Cargo Airlines. April 3, 2007. Retrieved on February 18, 2012.</ref> Its Americas regional headquarters is on the property of O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois.<ref>"America." Nippon Cargo Airlines. Retrieved on February 17, 2012. "663 North Access Road, O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, IL 60666, U.S.A."</ref> Originally the US subsidiary was to be headquartered in New York.<ref name="BizstructPDF"/> Its European regional headquarters is on the property of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands.<ref>"Europe." Nippon Cargo Airlines. Retrieved on February 17, 2012. "Vrachtstation 5, Pelikaanweg 47, 1118DT, Luchthaven Schiphol, The Netherlands"</ref>
DestinationsEdit
Nippon Cargo Airlines serves the following destinations (as of June 2024):<ref name="NCA_destinations">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Nippon Cargo Airlines codeshares with the following airlines:
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FleetEdit
Current fleetEdit
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As of February 2024, NCA's fleet consists of the following aircraft:Template:Cn
| Aircraft | In fleet | Order | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 747-8F | 8 | — | |
| Total | 8 | — |
Fleet developmentEdit
- On 9 June 2005 Nippon Cargo Airline's first Boeing 747-400F was delivered in Everett, Washington, the first of four ordered by the airline.<ref>Air International, July 2005</ref>
- In June 2006, NCA ordered two additional Boeing 747-400F to eight that had already been ordered. These aircraft were delivered beginning in 2008 and replaced the Boeing 747-200F. By May 2009, the ten 747-400 had been delivered, but the last two were placed with Cargo B Airlines, a Belgian operator which NCA owned shares of. Cargo B filed for bankruptcy in May 2009, and the two aircraft were placed into storage. Subsequently, both were leased (or possibly sold) to AirBridgeCargo Airlines.Template:Cn
- In 2007 the airline had ordered 14 Boeing 747-8 freighter aircraft and has taken delivery of eight examples. In 2015 it cancelled outstanding orders for four of the aircraft, but still retains options on two more. It is thought to be due to the downturn of cargo volumes in the Asia Pacific region.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In 2017, it cancelled the remaining two options of the aircraft, leaving the airline with no further unfulfilled aircraft orders.<ref>Nippon Cargo cancels order for two 747-8 freighters, Air Cargo News, 28 Mar 2017.</ref>
Former fleetEdit
Nippon Cargo Airlines previously operated the following aircraft:<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 747-200F | 6 | 1984 | 2011 | |
| Boeing 747-200SF | 4 | 1997 | 2008 | |
| Boeing 747SR-81F | 1 | 1993 | 2009 | |
| Boeing 747-400F | 10 | 2005 | 2019 | <ref>NCA - Nippon Cargo Fleet ch-aviation.ch</ref><ref name="FI09">Template:Cite journal</ref> |
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