Luxembourg-based cargo airline Cargolux today announced that its Italia branch has entered into a partnership agreement with Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) to create codeshare cargo flights from Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) in Italy to airports in Japan, subject to approvals from the aviation authorities.
The cooperation between Cargolux Italia and NCA will constitute an improved offering on the routes between Italy and Japan, with cargo flights from Milan Malpensa Airport to Japan's Kansai International Airport and Narita International Airport. The routes currently offered include two weekly flights from MXP to Osaka and four weekly flights from Milan Linate to Narita, as well as three weekly Cargolux flights from Luxembourg to Komatsu.
All flights benefit from connections to the Cargolux trucking networks in Europe and Japan, offering shippers several daily services between major European industrial centres and Japan.
The agreement will significantly boost the presence of Cargolux, which holds a network covering 90 destinations, in the Japanese market that has long played an important role in the Group's Far Eastern network. Another fast and reliable freight lane for shippers in the Tokyo area will now connect to Europe through these Cargolux Italia flights, as well as open up a new destination in Japan for European shippers.