Narita Expanding Network to All Over the World

2014年（平成26年） 2月25日火曜日第2部 February 25, 2014（Tue.）発行所：株式会社海事プレス社 KAIJI PRESS CO.,LTD. 第10366号 http：//www.kaiji-press.co.jp. （昭和44年9月30日第三種郵便物認可） ©海事プレス社2014 禁無断転載 http：//www.daily-cargo.com Copyright © 2014 KAIJI PRESS. All rights reserved. NARITA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Narita Expanding network to all over the world Introducing discount schemes for landing charge of international flight As the key international hub airport in East Asia region, Narita International Airport (NRT) keeps working on several measures to become the customer users' preferred airport. Following the adoption of Open Skies policy from March 2013, Narita International Airport Corporation (NAA) introduced incen- tive schemes including the discount of international landing charge and the additional tonnage discount. Taking advantage of its well balanced network connected with 101 cities in 33 countries and 3 territories, NRT fortiﬁ es its function as an important node liking Asia with North America.

the result of shrink of international cargo Narita International Airport Open Skies policy agreed with 22 volume to/from Japan. works in Asia and accelerate development In addition, NAA intends to cooperate as the hub airport for 3 global alliances and with the related organizations for increase countries and 3 territories Broad network to all over the world low cost carriers. Through these measures, of the operation capacity per hour (or num- The airport capacity of NRT in 2013 fi gure has exceeded 200,000 since the air- The number of destination from NRT at the is featured for its well balanced network ex- NAA aims to achieve handling of 260,000 ber of slot per hour) during busy hours, summer schedule (starting from the end of port open. The number consists of 173,186 beginning of 2013 winter schedule is 101 cit- panded to all over the world. Also the airport aircraft movements in FY2015. while adding new facilities to handle large March 2013) has become 270,000 aircraft international fl ights, up by 5%, and 38,892 ies in 33 countries and 3 territories, including holds advantage of the position as an impor- NAA plans to improve the air network aircraft such as Airbus A380. movements and the Open Skies policy was domestic fl ights, up by 69%. Japanese LCCs 17 cities in 11 countries for Europe area and tant node linking Asia with North America of NRT by strengthening the short haul NAA is drawing the facility develop- applied to the airport at the same time. The started to fl y in and contributed to raise the 57 cities in 19 countries and 3 territories for where the passenger and cargo demand is network in Asia within 4,000 km as well ment plan including relocation of cargo number of Open Skies agreement countries number of domestic fl ights. Asia, Middle East, and Oceania area. Narita expected to grow for the years to come. as domestic routes, which are projected to warehouses to respond to the future in- at NRT is 22 countries and 3 territories at The number of international fl ights con- grow for coming years. The international crease of cargo demand, while mitigating present, which accounts for 77.3% of the to- sists of 148,265 passenger fl ights, up by 6%, fl ights in middle and long haul, which have conjunction and simplifying traffi c lines in tal number of international passengers in FY and 22,836 cargo fl ights, same level as a year Deploying Strategic charging scheme been the features of NRT, will be improved cargo area to enhance the functionality in 2012 (April 2012 - March 2013). The impact ago, and 2,085 fl ights for other use, up by Behind the growth of fl ight number and The international landing charge at NRT further on. air cargo logistics. of Open Skies policy is expected to bring 33%. network at NRT, it is worth pointing, in ad- is set based on the Narita Aircraft Noise In- expansion of air network and increase of de- The fi rst half of FY2013 saw the good re- dition to the adoption of Open Skies policy dex. The index consists of 6 levels (Class A mand for passenger and cargo transportation. sult as aircraft movements reached 113,168, in FY2013, that the NAA introduced the to F), and the charge per tonnage is set in Study started for enhancement of the In FY 2012, aircraft movements at NRT up by 7% against same period last year. strategic charging scheme for the interna- each rank. The new discount scheme is to increased 13% in FY2011 to 212,078 fl ights. International fl ights increased by 2% to tional landing charge. lower the unit rate in each rank by JPY100 function at airports in the capital area This was a record fi gure and the fi rst time this 89,248fl ights (passenger fl ight up by 2% to Starting from April 2013, NAA has low- (5.5% on average) without changing the As for capacity at NRT, national govern- to enhance competitiveness in international 76,853, cargo fl ights 11,409, down by 4%, ered the international landing charge for system of the noise index. ment, Chiba prefectural government and mu- market. On November 1, 2013, the minis- and other fl ights 986, up by 5%) while do- the purpose to expand international fl ight Furthermore, NAA has introduced the ad- nicipalities around the airport have agreed to try set up the small committee for technical Daily CARGO mestic fl ights boomed by 35% to 23,920. network and enhance its competitiveness ditional tonnage discount scheme since April expand Narita's capacity to 300,000 aircraft study of the airports in the greater Tokyo English Edition 2014 Spring The growth of both international fl ights and in the Asia region. This measure was in- 2013. Applied to the landing charge in each movements a year in October 2010. NAA is capital area, which aims to discuss the tech- domestic fl ights is led by the sound demand troduced because of the environmental half year, or the fi rst term (April to Septem- forwarding the development of facilities to nical measures for capacity expansion. CONTENTS of passenger fl ights. changes surrounding NRT such as the sig- ber) and the second term (October to March), prepare for 300,000 movements in FY 2014. Following the discussion in the small Page 1 The volume of international air cargo nifi cant growth of major airports in Asia, this scheme is to halve the charge for the In September 2013, The Ministry of committee, the ministry intends to hold an NARITA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT handled at NRT in the fi rst half of FY2013 the second phase of capacity expansion for increase amount of cumulative weight in a Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism opportunity for extended study in next fi - decreased by 1% against a year ago to international fl ight at Haneda Airport (To- term against the same term of the previous (MLIT) started the study on the enhance- nancial year or later together with interested Connecting point between Asia 962,237t. The volume of cargo loaded was kyo International Airport, HND) scheduled year. The unit rate, after applying the scheme, ment of the function at the airports in the parties such as local governments and air- and North America down by 1% to 433,234t (including 282,745t in the end of March in 2014, the progress comes to be JPY 1,550 per ton, which is equal greater Tokyo capital area. The study fo- lines. Upon the agreement between related Page 2 of export cargo, down by 10%, and 150,489t of Open Skies policy, and so on. to A rank in Narita Aircraft Noise Index. cuses on the further expansion of airport ca- parties after the detailed study for concrete KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT of transit cargo, up by 21%), while the vol- pacity in the greater Tokyo capital area after methods, MLIT is to start discussion with KIX keeps innovation as ume of cargo unloaded was down by 1% to Strengthening short haul network in Asia achieving 750,000 movements a year (HND local governments on concrete measures. “international cargo hub” 529,003t (including 381,113t of import car- 447,000 / NRT 300,000). Responding to these moves, NAA has also set go down by 8% and 148,890t of transit cargo NAA is working on measures to envision Building Corporate Strength. MLIT has pointed out the issues to discuss up "the study team for further enhancement of Page 3 up by 23%). the group's mid-term management plan By maximizing the advantage of Open such as demand projection at the airports in facilities at Narita International Airport" in the INTERNATIONAL AIR CARGO TERMINAL The growth of transit cargo could refl ect called "Innovative Narita 2015". The mid- Skies policy introduced in 2013 summer as the greater Tokyo capital area, shift of envi- company on October 1, 2013. The team aims Providing total handling services the strategies of Japanese airlines to focus term plan is embodied by 3 core strategies, well as the capacity expansion to 300,000 ronment surrounding international aviation, to provide study materials on the current NRT at Narita and other airports on the demand of transit cargo so they could namely (1) Endless Pursuit of Safety (2) annual movements within FY2014, NAA and necessary functions and capability at to MLIT while studying on enhancement of utilize cargo space that became available as Creating an Airport of Popular Choice (3) intends to develop one of the best air net- the airports in the greater Tokyo capital area NRT's function along with the study of MLIT.

2014 年 2 月 1 面（2）特集２０１４年２月２５日（火曜日）（第三種郵便物認可） KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT KIX keeps innovation as “international cargo hub” New FedEx facility scheduled to open this spring Kansai International Airport (KIX) is the only airport in Japan equipped with two 4,000m-class runways (1st RW=3,500m, 2nd RW=4,000m) and functions as thorough 24-hour operational airport. Its temperature-controlled warehouse for perishable cargo is the largest among those of the airports at Japan, whereas "KIX Medica" has been installed as the ﬁ rst common storage specialized for medical shipment in the domestic airports in Japan. In addition, KIX has started a new service to handle electronic form for declaration of medical product. This service is provided only at KIX in Japan. Finally, the new cargo hub of Federal Express (FedEx) is expected to open in the spring of 2014.

by the partnership with forwarders, fi nan- Transit hub in Asia Pacifi c route cial circles and governments while taking in the need of logistics by utilizing com- Kansai International Airport KIX enjoys the advantages of fea- The new operator of KIX, New Kansai Inter- prehensive special zone framework. Also, tures such as; 1) located at the most suit- national Airport Co., Ltd. (NKIAC, President NKIAC urges to invite hub facilities of able transit point in transpacifi c route, 2) & CEO :Keiichi Ando), is working on mea- forwarders and airlines to develop KIX as tion to/from Kansai area as well as in the equipped with multiple long runways fully sures for the development of airport cargo hub, a cargo hub airport in the cargo transporta- route between Asia and North America. operational for 24 hours. The airport can based on the concepts of “creation” (to create FedEx’s cargo hub on development respond fl exibly to the demand of airlines new logistic fl ow), “collection” (to collect car- In summer 2012, FedEx offi cially an- providing parking spots for 7 aircrafts in for available fl ight slot at arrival and depar- go in Kansai and west Japan), and “transition” Operation of KIX Medica nounced the plan to utilize KIX as the maximum at a time. ture, whereas it owns abundant site avail- (to let cargo from abroad transit at KIX). As a part of strategic cargo, KIX con- facility in September 2010, the measures cargo hub for North Pacifi c area. The new The new hub is to function as the tran- able for installation of new logistic facility. NKIAC intends to create new demand tinuously focuses on upgrading the logis- to enhance the logistics for pharmaceuti- cargo hub facility at the 2nd airport is- sit point of shipments that are collected tics of pharmaceutical products. One of cal products have been introduced at KIX. land is scheduled to commence operation in North Asia area including Japan, Ko- the features of KIX is the temp-controlled CKTS Co., Ltd., the operator of KIX Med- in spring of 2014. The total fl oor area of rea, Taiwan, northern part of China and common storage for medical shipment ica, has installed the simple reefer dollies the new facility is 25,000 sqm. excluding shipped out from KIX for US during mid- called “KIX Medica” currently located at in August 2012. The guideline for medical the areas under appentice. It is capable of night. “Pursuing functionality, convenience and so on” the international cargo terminal area on the transportation in the airport is also being 1st airport island. Since the opening of the formulated in 2013. Keiichi Ando, the president hub facility for North Pacific For realizing concession and CEO of NKIAC, said “The region is scheduled to open NKIAC in July 2012 has started the Airport Terminal Co., Ltd. (OAT) , the business model of our air- in 2014 spring, and the de- Electronic form available for operation of Osaka International Airport operater of passenger and cargo terminal port is to pursue functionality, mand of cargo from KIX will (ITM, Itami Airport) as well as KIX. The at ITM in October 2013 (and fi nished ac- environment, comfort, and increase if the economy in declaration of medical product company aims to realize the concession of quiring all stakes in December 2013). The convenience. In this sense, it Kansai area is vitalized. Vir- In March 2013, KIX kicked off a proving medical equipments at the stage of research, operation right at both airports to private company makes efforts to improve the is important to show the new tuous cycle will be created test for handling electronic form for decla- development, and production. The actual companies during FY 2014. value of both airports for realizing conces- model of business in such once the companies in Kan- ration of medical product within the frame- service for electronic submission of decla- NKIAC mergered Osaka International sion. fields as advanced healthcare sai and the economy of the work of “Kansai Innovation Comprehen- ration of medical product was launched as and pharmaceuticals as well area are vitalized. sive Special Zone.” The test aims to prove “MEDIX press” in April 2013. The test is as energy and environmen- Keiichi Ando — FY2014 is the final year swiftness and smoothness of import/export scheduled to continue for one year and a tal field projected to grow in for mid-term management process of pharmaceutical products and half from April 2013 to September 2014. years to come.” He focuses on the mea- plan, so it will be the year of perfection. sures to take advantage of uniqueness in We have introduced the individual and con- cargo business at KIX such as healthcare crete measures including growth strategies Gateway for Export of “Food” made in Japan and pharmaceuticals, as well as export of or fundamental plans. The business model KIX focuses on logistics related to companies to establish business model in food products. of our airport could be the one to pursue “food.” In Asia, food products made in Ja- transportation of perishables and increase — Asia Pacific region is projected to functionality, environment, comfort, and pan, including agricultural products, have the export volume of food products. Also, become the largest market in the world in convenience. been in high demand because of their safe- KIX organizes seminars and business terms of population and production. The — In cargo business, we promote the ness. Transportation of such products re- meetings for export of Japanese food and world pays more attention to Asia than be- export of food products in Japan. The year quires high quality managements including setup of food business in foreign countries. fore. The advantages of KIX are the capa- 2013 saw the activities by related indus- strict temperature control, and the function In August 2013, small and medium-sized bility as the 24-hour operational airport as tries to establish ‘Cooperative for Kansai, of KIX is capable of supporting such lo- enterprises expecting to export food prod- well as the fact that the flight from KIX to Food, Export Promotion’. Kansai is also the gistics. ucts established the “Cooperative for Kan- Asia is 1 hour shorter than that from capital advanced area for healthcare and pharma- As for transportation of “food,” the air- sai Food Export Promotion” to get scale area. ceutical industries. We also focus on these port has established the strategic confer- merit in transport. NKIAC intends to sup- — FedEx increased the number of flight industries as they can take advantage of air ence and promoting commission together port the activities by public companies like to/from KIX in 2013 winter season. The cargo transportation. with local economic circles and govern- this as much as possible so the logistics uti- International Cargo Area (1st Island) ments, in order to support private logistic lizing KIX can be maximized.

2014 年 2 月 2 面（第三種郵便物認可）２０１４年２月２５日（火曜日）（特集 3） INTERNATIONAL AIR CARGO TERMINAL Providing total handling services at Narita and other airports Pursuing quality improvement through renewal of operation system and other innovations International Air Cargo Terminal Co., Ltd. (IACT) represents Japan as the independent airport warehouse operator as well as the ground handling service provider. In addition to the main business of import warehouse operation at Narita International Airport (NRT), the company has entered into new business of export warehouse operation, airport ramp handling, and passenger handling since 2013. The facility specialized for temperature-controlled container was established in 2012 while the main deck loader for ULD with maximum weight of 35t was installed for the ﬁ rst time in Japan in 2013. The new operation system is scheduled to start in operation from March 2014. With the history for nearly a half century, IACT has contributed to the development of air cargo industry in Japan and will be moving on, responding to the trend of air cargo industry around the world.

purchased the 3 new main deck loaders Common Import Warehouse (IACT A Building, Narita International Airport) IACT Expands temp-controlled service (MDL) with the increase of fl ight to/from by Polar Air Cargo (PAC), a customer air- as the operation for LCAG starts line in the ramp handling service. One of maximum. Introduction of the latest GSE Since January 2013, IACT has started the in the world. Lo- them is capable of loading/unloading 35t led IACT to realize wider range of service warehouse operation for Lufthansa Cargo cated at the 2nd ULD, while the other two are only avail- by adding in its menu the handling service Join in IATA, invest in LCC AG (LCAG). The operation is carried out fl oor of IACT able for 14t ULD at maximum. The larg- for special cargo such as heavy ones and IACT makes efforts to gain recognition Hong Kong International Airport and won through the cooperation with All Nippon A building, the est MDL in Japan used to be that of 27t at lengthy ones. in abroad. the best prize in "Pallet-building" sector. Airways (ANA) and includes services for new facility is a For example, the company has joined in For the expansion of business, IACT Austrian Airlines (AUA) and Swiss Inter- part of air-condi- International Air Transportation Associa- invested in Spring Airlines Japan, a local national Air Lines (SWR) as well. LCAG tioned space with 50th Anniversary since establishment tion (IATA). IACT has become a member subsidiary of low cost carrier (LCC) Spring has the reputation for its quality service in the fl oor area of IACT celebrated the 50th anniversary growth, IACT established its business as of IGHC (IATA Ground handling Coun- Airlines. The airline is scheduled to fl y on temp-controlled transportation. Preparing 180 sqm. The of establishment since start of the busi- common import warehouse operator and cil) which is one of the IATA internal tis- the domestic routes in Japan in the end for the commencement of service for Luf- facility gathered ness of its predecessor, Fujii Air Service. contributed to development of the indus- sues. And ICAT takes part in World Cargo of May 2014, starting with 3 routes from Osamu Tsukahara thansa Group, IACT installed in its own such function, The company changed its name in 1964 try. The company has been in operation Symposium (WCS) that takes place every NRT. IACT has taken part in the test fl ights facility at NRT the battery charging facil- once dispersed across each building at and started operation of the common im- at NRT since the airport's opening in May spring in somewhere in the world. It ex- at NRT started in August 2013, providing ity for temp-controlled containers made by NRT, in one place, and allowed IACT to port warehouse at Tokyo International Air- 1978 and continues to be the main common pands the area of business outside of Japan ramp handling service including marshal- Envirotainer in the end of 2012. Headquar- expand the capability of temp-control op- port (Haneda Airport, HND) in 1966. In import warehouse operator of NRT for 36 by visiting the headquarters of customer ing, pushback and so on. tered in Sweden, Environtainer is the larg- eration which led to the quality improve- the dawn of air cargo industry with rapid years. IACT has led the industry as the pio- airlines. Also in January 2013, IACT joined Without doubt, the airlines fl ying in NRT est temp-controlled container manufacturer ment in service for airlines. demand boom along with high economic neer of common import warehouse. the competition hosted by Hong Kong Air should look at IACT as the possible agent Large MDL introduced for the fi rst Cargo Terminals Limited (HACTL) at for ground handling. Logistics center in vicinity of NRT ■ IACT USER AIRLINES (As of Feb. 1 2014) IACT has proceeded with diversifi cation entered into ramp handling business. AIRLINE IMPORT EXPORT GROUND PASSENGER BY TRK time in Japan of business in the shift of business environ- Business domain of IACT is not limited HANDLING To respond to various needs of airlines is the mission for a handling company. IACT AF Air France ● ment. inside of airports. "IACT Narita Butsuryu AZ Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. ● ● In September 2010, the company ac- Center," which is located within a few BA British Airways ● ● quired Skyport Service Corporation (SPS), minutes from NRT by car, celebrated 5th CX Cathay Pacifi c Cargo ● ● a company providing warehouse operation anniversary in March 2013 since its com- C8 Cargolux Italia S.p.A. ● ● DL Delta Air Lines ● and ground handling at Chubu Centrair mencement of operation. The site area of FX Federal Express ● ● International Airport (NGO), by purchas- facility is 12,000 sqm. The total fl oor area GA Garuda Indonesia ● ● ● ing majority stakes previously owned by in the 2-story building is 10,700 sqm. The HY Uzbekistan Airways ● Mitsubishi Corporation. By this acquisi- building used for warehouse as well as of- KL KLM Royal Dutch Airlines ● LD AHK Air Hong Kong Limited. ● tion, IACT started operation at NGO and fi ce rooms. LH Lufthansa Cargo AG ● ● LX Swiss International Air Lines ● ● NX Air Macau ● ● Introducing new operation system OZ Asiana Airlines ● PO Polar Air Cargo ● ● ● IACT plans to introduce new business need for new business by introducing the QR Qatar Airways ● ● processing system in March 2014 in order system equipped with latest IT (informa- OS Austrian Airlines ● ● to streamline warehouse operation as the tion technology) and standard platform in SB Air Caledonie International ● main business. The system has been devel- the industry. Also, introduction of the new SK Scandinavian Airlines System ● TK Turkish Airlines Inc. ● ● ● oped by IBS Software Services in India. system allows IACT to provide cargo han- TN Air Tahiti Nui ● ● IACT aims to enhance business qual- dling service more quickly and effi ciently UL SriLankan Airlines Ltd. ● ● ● ● ity by reducing maintenance and opera- than before. Y8 Yanqtze River Express ● ● 35 t class MDL tion cost, while responding fl exibly to the ※ In alphabetical order

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