ANA - All Nippon Airways (NH, Tokyo Haneda) freight unit, ANA Cargo, has announced it will be discontinuing its partnership with NCA - Nippon Cargo Airlines (KZ, Tokyo Narita) citing a downturn in demand.
Since July 2013, ANA Cargo has been chartering NCA's B747-400(F)s for overnight cargo runs between Tokyo Narita and Okinawa Naha. However, given reduced demand, brought on, in part, by diminished volumes of fresh produce being produced in Hokkaido, the agreement is scheduled to end on October 30.
According to AirCargoNews, ANA will continue to operate the service albeit one way - from Okinawa to Narita − on a 7x weekly basis. A smaller B767-300F will also be used.
