NCA - Nippon Cargo Airlines (KZ, Tokyo Narita) has announced it will resume commercial flight operations on Thursday, July 5, following the return to service of B747-8(F) JA18KZ (msn 36141).

The freight specialist said in a statement that a review of the aircraft's maintenance records should be completed today, Wednesday, July 4, in time for the its deployment into service between Tokyo Narita and Shanghai Pudong tomorrow.

NCA's said its remaining fleet of three B747-400(FSCD)s and seven B747-8(F)s will be reactivated as soon as their respective safety compliances have been established.