JAL and NCA to cargo code-share

Japan Airlines (JAL) and Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) have agreed to begin code share cargo flights from 29 March.

The agreement will begin with code-share flights between Narita, Tokyo and Chicago and Los Angeles with a later expansion to New York, Seoul and Shanghai, pending approval.

JAL currently operates freighter-only flights on 27 routes worldwide with 70 flights per week, and with this code share agreement, the number of cargo flights a week increases to 75.