NEWS RELEASE
August 30, 2024
Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.
Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.
SPRING JAPAN Co., Ltd.

Launch of New Cargo Aircraft Services Between Tokyoand Sapporo/Kitakyushu on August 1, 2024
Establishing Rapid, Unified, Transportation with Japan's Exclusive
Domestic Cargo Services via Haneda
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 andSapporo'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
Airport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) andKitakyushu Airport (Kitakyushu, Fukuoka). These freighters are the only scheduled cargo flights inJapan 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 tomore distant locations while maintaining daytime production times for products and harvesting andcatching 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 forpassengers 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 flightschedules 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

№Route１２３４Narita → New Chitose
Haneda → New Chitose
New Chitose → Narita

５

Flight No.

Departure

Arrival

IJ405

16:25

18:10

IJ407

22:20

0:05

IJ411

4:30

6:10

IJ406

13:10

14:55

IJ408

19:25

21:10

６New Chitose → Haneda

IJ410

1:20

3:00

７Narita → Naha

IJ451

6:00

9:00

８Naha → Kitakyushu

IJ456

15:45

17:30

９Narita → Kitakyushu

IJ425

22:30

0:25

10Haneda → Kitakyushu

IJ445

4:55

6:40

IJ422

8:00

9:50

IJ426

19:15

21:05

IJ444

1:40

3:15

11
Kitakyushu → Narita
1213

Kitakyushu → Haneda

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), Yamato Transport
Hiroshi Kamiya, Director, Spring Japan

Contact
Press inquiries:
Corporate Communications Strategy, Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.
SPRING JAPAN Co., Ltd.

TEL: +81-3-3541-4141

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