Polar Air Cargo Worldwide To Start Nonstop Cincinnati-Tokyo Service

PURCHASE, N.Y., April 15, 2013 – Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. today confirmed its plans to initiate daily nonstop 747-400 express freighter service between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Tokyo, Japan, by the end of April 2013.

The new service will complement a daily 747-400 flight from the Japanese industrial city of Nagoya to Cincinnati, facilitating next-day deliveries to the U.S. from all major cities and industrial areas in Japan.

Polar also will double the frequency of its wide-body freighter connections to Australia from two to four days per week. The routing of this service, via Japan, will allow Polar customers such as DHL Express to optimize their intercontinental networks and introduce additional capacity both from the U.S. and from key North Asian markets to Australia. The increase in Polar’s frequencies will be supported by the introduction of two new Boeing 767-300ERF wide-body aircraft.

“We are very pleased to provide critical uplift connecting Japan and the Midwestern part of the United States – specifically the Ohio Valley – where there is a concentration of Japanese manufacturers who require increased and reliable daily service,” said Thomas Murphy, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Polar Air Cargo Worldwide.

“In addition to the trans-Pacific trade lanes, we look forward to the continued growth of DHL and our other freight forwarder customers in the intra-Asia region. Our new freighter frequencies reflect our global operating scale and our proven ability to deliver innovative, high-quality solutions and service to all of our customers.”

Polar Air Cargo Worldwide’s sister company, Atlas Air, Inc., will provide operating service for the aircraft on the new routes. Atlas Air Worldwide (Nasdaq: AAWW) is the parent company of Atlas Air and the majority shareholder of Polar Air Cargo Worldwide.