On March 25, 2010 Japan Airlines announced that it will discontinue all freighter service by October 2010. JAL will move toward a new cargo business model which solely utilizes cargo belly space on JAL’s passenger flights. JAL currently operates 10 747-100 freighters and plans to remove these aircraft from it’s fleet.
JAL is the sixth-largest air freight carrier in Asia, and this move will undoubtedly further impact air freight capacity in the Asia Pacific region. JAL had been seeking to merge it’s cargo operations with Nippon Yusen, but merger talks ended early in March.
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