Handlers must look for new ways to achieve cost savings

Carrier margins remain under relentless pressure and so they are in no position to stomach big increases in freight handling charges, writes Neil Madden. So ground handlers must constantly look for ways to achieve cost savings and other efficiencies. This was the backdrop to meeting between Menzies Aviation and Air Menzies International (AMI) management teams […]

WFS not likely to remain still for long

Consolidation of air cargo handling agents is happening with one of the main protagonists, and Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) president and chief executive officer, Olivier Bijaoui tells Air Cargo Week (ACW): “I’m doing it in fact.” Despite WFS’s high profile role as a consolidator Bijaoui takes a qualified view of it. “Some consolidation is taking […]