Who owns Nippon Cargo Airlines?
Nippon Cargo Airlines is owned by ANA Holdings (Japan, TSE: 9202), which has owned the brand since 1 August 2025.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: ANA HOLDINGS INC. Integrated Report 2026 (fiscal 2025, year ended March 2026). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- ANA HOLDINGS INC. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 9202
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Nippon Cargo Airlines
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) is a Japanese freighter airline that became a wholly owned subsidiary of ANA HOLDINGS in August 2025, following a share exchange described in the group's Integrated Report 2026. The report lists it as a 100.0% owned air-transportation subsidiary and says the ANA Group plans to merge ANA Cargo, NCA and NCA Japan on 1 April 2027, creating what it calls a leading combination carrier in Asia.
Ownership timeline of Nippon Cargo Airlines
- 2025 – present ANA Holdings [1] reported
Where Nippon Cargo Airlines sits in ANA Holdings
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by ANA Holdings
ANA Holdings controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in travel & transport.
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Other brands in airlines, and who owns them
The 509 brands in airlines on Brandtree belong to 341 owners. The largest is Lufthansa Group, with 10; ANA Holdings has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Air Dolomiti | Lufthansa Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| China Southern Airlines | China Southern Airlines | 🇨🇳 China |
| Air China | Air China | 🇨🇳 China |
| Aer Lingus | IAG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Air France | Air France-KLM | 🇫🇷 France |
| AirAsia | AirAsia X | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Calm Air | Exchange Income | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: ANA Holdings
ANA Holdings is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1952. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 9202.
Japanese airline holding company, headquartered in Tokyo and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market under ticker code 9202. Its Integrated Report 2026 lists ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS, Air Japan, ANA WINGS, Nippon Cargo Airlines and Peach Aviation as wholly owned (100.0% voting rights) air-transportation subsidiaries as of 31 March 2026. ANA WINGS flies regional services as part of the ANA operation and the AirJapan brand was suspended on 28 March 2026, so neither is listed as a separate brand.
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🇯🇵 Nippon Cargo Airlines and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Nippon Cargo Airlines is not one of them.
- "K" Line — K Line 🇯🇵
- AIRDO — RegionalPlus Wings 🇯🇵
- AIT — AIT 🇯🇵
- AZ-COM Maruwa — AZ-COM Maruwa 🇯🇵
- Amakusa Airlines — Amakusa Airlines 🇯🇵
- Azuma Shipping — Azuma Shipping 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Nippon Cargo Airlines?
The parent company of Nippon Cargo Airlines is ANA Holdings, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Nippon Cargo Airlines Japanese?
Yes. Nippon Cargo Airlines originated in Japan and its owner, ANA Holdings, is also headquartered in Japan.
Since when has ANA Holdings owned Nippon Cargo Airlines?
ANA Holdings has owned Nippon Cargo Airlines since 1 August 2025.
Is Nippon Cargo Airlines still owned by ANA Holdings?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Nippon Cargo Airlines is still owned by ANA Holdings. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] ANA HOLDINGS INC. Integrated Report 2026 (fiscal 2025, year ended March 2026) — ANA HOLDINGS INC., Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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