Sister airlines All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) have launched a codeshare agreement on cargo flights between Japan, Europe and North America.
The new codeshare agreement began yesterday and sees ANA’s code appear on NCA’s Boeing 747 freighter services from Narita to North American destinations—Chicago, New York, Dallas/Fort Worth and Los Angeles—as well as European destinations—Amsterdam, Milan and Frankfurt.
Meanwhile, NCA’s code will be added to ANA’s Boeing 777 freighter routes from Narita to Chicago and Los Angeles.
”The collaboration will expand ANA Group’s cargo network, increase transportation capacity and improve customer convenience by leveraging the strengths of both carriers’ large freighter operations,” the two said in a statement.
The move comes after ANA Holdings acquired 100% of NCA’s shares in early August from NYK after it decided to exit the cargo airline business.
The two airlines’ combined fleet now includes ANA’s passenger flight network and its fleet of six Boeing 767 freighters and two Boeing 777 freighters, along with NCA’s eight Boeing 747 freighters.
”Looking ahead, ANA and NCA will continue to strengthen their partnership to enhance the ANA Group’s cargo business, delivering competitive, efficient and high-quality services that meet customer needs and support the group’s long-term growth,” the two carriers added.
The deal is not the only codeshare agreement completed by ANA in recent weeks.
In September, ANA and Air Incheon began codesharing on freighter services operated between Japan and South Korea with the aim of enhancing connectivity and meeting growing demand for cargo transportation in the region.
AloJapan.com