Emirates SkyCargo will add Tokyo Narita Airport (NRT) to its scheduled freighter network in May with flights from Dubai International Airport (DXB), expecting to carry a wide range of manufacturing parts on the route.
NRT will become the 38th point on the freighter network of the cargo arm of Emirates Airline. SkyCargo will operate the DXB-NRT service from May 24 using a Boeing 777F. The route will be flown 1X-weekly on Saturdays.
NRT President and CEO Akihiko Tamura recently said growing cargo traffic is a major goal for the airport, which is currently the largest air or sea port in Japan in terms of value of cargo handled. NRT handles 17% of the value of all cargo coming to Japan, with Tokyo’s sea port coming in second at 11%, according to Tamura.
He added NRT plans to build a new cargo terminal that will be “very convenient for our shippers.” The facility will feature “automation … to the maximum level that will make the terminal very efficient and productive.”
Emirates said there is demand to move different types of cargo on the DXB-NRT route. “Expected commodities include automobile and machinery parts, semiconductor parts and sophisticated pharmaceuticals,” the carrier noted.
SkyCargo has been using the bellies of passenger aircraft to move cargo to Narita, but “large or oddly-shaped shipments such as machinery parts were diverted to KIX,” Emirates said. “The deployment of this freighter empowers us to better support our global customers with direct connectivity [from NRT] to and through Dubai, while growing our operations in Japan.”
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