Press Release

Joint Release

Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.
Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.
SPRING JAPAN Co., Ltd.

Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chuo ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Yutaka Nagao), Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Shinagawa ku, Tokyo; President and Group CEO : Mitsuko Tottori; hereinafter "JAL") and SPRING JAPAN Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Narita shi, Chiba; President and CEO: Tatsuro Asami; hereinafter "Spring Japan") began operating dedicated cargo aircraft ("freighters") introduced by the Yamato Group between Tokyo's Haneda Airport and Sapporo's New Chitose Airport and Kitakyushu Airport on Thursday, August 1, 2024. This new development makes Haneda Airport the fifth airport to be served by these freighters, following Narita Airport, New Chitose Airport, Kitakyushu Airport, and Naha Airport, which have been in service since April 11, 2024. To commemorate the start of service to Haneda Airport, an unveiling ceremony was held on the same day.

                                                 Aircraft arriving to Haneda Airport from New Chitose Airport and Kitakyushu
 

1.  About Service to Haneda Airport
Starting with new timetables from Thursday, August 1, 2024, the new cargo services will include routes between Haneda Airport (Tokyo) and New Chitose Airport (Sapporo, Hokkaido) and Kitakyushu Airport (Kitakyushu, Fukuoka). These freighters are the only scheduled cargo flights in Japan to service Haneda Airport and will operate during the late night hours when existing passenger aircraft are not in operation. This allows for the speedy and highly fresh distribution of products to more distant locations while maintaining daytime production times for products and harvesting and catching times for agricultural and marine products. Like similar existing operations at Narita Airport, this method also does not impede smooth connections for international morning departures for passengers at Haneda Airport.
Harnessing the strengths of these freighters, Yamato Holdings and the two airline companies will help producers and business operators expand their trade areas and aid the revitalization of regional industries through rapid transportation, an advantage of air transport, highly convenient flight schedules including late night hours, and a transportation network that stretches even beyond Japan's borders, in addition to securing stable transportation capacity.

2. Flight Schedule from August 1, 2024
 

3. Commemorative Unveiling at Haneda Airport

Service launch commemoration ceremony*

Commemorative photo at Airport ramp

Freighter arrival

Unloading of AAY containers from the freighter

A freighter and AKH containers

Operations at Yamato Transport building

*From left: 
Yuichiro Kito, Executive Officer, Japan Airlines
Tamaki Abe, Managing Executive Officer (Responsible for Tokyo region) region), Yamato Transport
Hiroshi Kamiya, Director, Spring Japan

Contact
Press inquiries:
Corporate Communications Strategy, Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. TEL: +81 3 3541 4141
SPRING JAPAN Co., Ltd. TEL: +81 476 33 7790

Reference
Press releases
・Yamato and JAL Elevate Logistics with New Cargo Aircraft Service from April 11 (April 16, 2024)
URL: https://www.yamato-hd.co.jp/english/news/2024/pdf/newsrelease_20240416_en01.pdf
・Aircraft Conversion to Dedicated Freighter Aircraft Underway for April 2024 Steady Service Launch (June 6, 2023)
URL: https://www.yamato hd.co.jp/english/news/2023/pdf/newsrelease_20230606_en01.pdf
・JAL and Yamato Holdings Announce Cargo Carrier Aircraft Service to Commence in April 2024 (November 22, 2022)
URL: https://www.yamato-hd.co.jp/english/news/2022/pdf/newsrelease_20221122_en01.pdf
・Introducing Air Freighters to Sustain the Logistic Network in April 2024. (January 21, 2022)
URL: https://www.yamato-hd.co.jp/news/attachment/newsrelease20220124_en02.pdf