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About Nippon Cargo Airlines
Nippon Cargo Airlines is a cargo airline based in Japan. In timetables it appears as KZ; in flight plans as NCA. Nippon Cargo Airlines flies 8 aircraft (October 2026), among them the Boeing 747-8F. The operation is built around Tokyo Narita (NRT), Osaka Kansai (KIX) and Naha (OKA). Nippon Cargo Airlines is part of ANA (All Nippon Airways), which has its own page on this site.
Its careers website is linked in the profile on this page. You will find the listed requirements on this page: licence, language, medical certificate and flying hours. The selection is described stage by stage on this page.
The three phases
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Nippon Cargo Airlines at a glance
Part of ANA (All Nippon Airways)- IATA / ICAO
- KZ / NCA1
- Country
- Japan
- Hubs
- Tokyo Narita (NRT), Osaka Kansai (KIX), Naha (OKA)1
- Fleet
- Boeing 747-8F1
What does Nippon Cargo Airlines ask of pilots?
- Licence
- JCAB airline transport pilot licence or JCAB commercial pilot licence, plus aeronautical radio operator licence5
- Language
- Aviation English proficiency level 4 or higher5
- Medical
- Class 1 aviation medical certificate5
- Hours
- At least 3 years as a first officer at a scheduled airline and 1,500 hours total, including 500 hours on jets5
- 1Nippon Cargo Airlines · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 2NCA website · accessed 11 Oct 2026 · Japanese
- 3NCA recruitment information · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 4NCA career vacancies · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 5NCA careers: flight crew, first officer candidate · accessed 11 Oct 2026
