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San Francisco purchased the property and the surrounding area expanding the site to 1,112 acres (450 ha) beginning in August 1930. [6] The airport's name was officially changed to San Francisco Airport in 1931 upon the purchase of the land. "International" was added at the end of World War II as overseas service rapidly expanded. [citation needed]
Japan Air Lines Flight 2 was a scheduled passenger flight on November 22, 1968. [2] The plane was a new Douglas DC-8-62 named Shiga (志賀), flying from Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
The group has a fleet of 279 aircraft. In the fiscal year ended 31 March 2009, the airline group carried over 52 million passengers and over 1.1 million tons of cargo and mail. Japan Airlines, J-Air, JAL Express, and Japan Transocean Air are members of the Oneworld airline alliance network.
On 25 April 1961, Hakone, a Japan Air Lines Douglas DC-8-32 from San Francisco to Tokyo, touched down and ran off the end of the 8,900 ft (2,700 m) wet runway at Tokyo International Airport. The aircraft stopped after the main gear entered a ditch 9 ft (2.7 m) wide and 6 ft (1.8 m) deep, located 150 ft (46 m) beyond the end of the runway.
Nippon Cargo Airlines was established on September 21, 1978 (its head office was initially a single room inside All Nippon Airways' space at the Kasumigaseki Building [3]) and started operations in 1985. It was Japan's first all-cargo airline. [2] Over time, their network has grown to include many cities on three continents.
[2] [3] Initially founded in 2018, the airline is a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan Airlines, from which it leases some of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet. [4] [5] Operations launched on June 3, 2020, as a cargo-only airline due to restrictions on passenger traffic related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and passenger operations launched on October ...
This is a list of notable cargo airlines organised by home country. Africa. Egyptair Cargo Airbus A300-600RF ... Japan. ANA Cargo; Nippon Cargo Airlines
Airline Japanese name Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced operations ANA Cargo: ANA Cargo NH ANA ALL NIPPON 2013 JAL Cargo: JALカーゴ JL JAL JAPAN AIR 1982 (2024) Nippon Cargo Airlines: 日本貨物航空 KZ NCA NIPPON CARGO 1985