WFS gets off to flying start with new and renewed contracts
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has got off to a flying start in 2018 by winning and renewing a number of contracts in North America. The handling agent won the freight contract at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport to service Turkish Airlines’ twice-weekly flight to Istanbul, extending WFS’s existing relationship with the airline. It has also […]
Egyptair renews contract with WFS in Amsterdam and Brussels
Egyptair has extended its cargo partnership with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) by renewing its cargo and mail handling contracts at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Brussels Airport. The three-year contract, which starts in March 2018, will see WFS handling cargo and mail for the airline’s daily Boeing 737-800 flight from Amsterdam to Cairo as well as […]
WFS commits to New York with new cargo terminal at JFK
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has demonstrated its commitment to New York by signing a 15-year lease on a 346,000 square foot cargo terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The handling agent is already one of the largest at JFK, handling over 650,000 tonnes of cargo a year for nearly 70 airlines at its nine […]
WFS opens new Copenhagen pharma facility as it wins new Air India contract
Air cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is opening a new temperature-controlled facility in Copenhagen. It is also celebrating winning the cargo handling contract for Air India’s new three times weekly Boeing 787 passenger and cargo services linking the city with Delhi. The investment in the facility supports of WFS’ growing pharma volumes and WFS’ […]
WFS sees no signs of demand dropping off in 2018
2017 is shaping up to be a good year for Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), and group chief commercial officer, Barry Nassberg (pictured) says the signs suggest demand is unlikely to drop off in 2018. Speaking to Air Cargo Week at the Air & Sea Cargo Americas conference in Miami on 2 November, Nassberg says volumes […]
Qatar Airways picks WFS to handle Pittsburgh freighter flights
Qatar Airways Cargo has picked Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to provide cargo handling services for its new twice-weekly Boeing 777 Freighter flights to Pittsburgh International Airport. The route was launched on 11 October, making Qatar Airways the first international airline to start scheduled freighter services to Pittsburgh, and becoming the airline’s fifth freighter destination in […]
WFS chosen to handle Airbus Belugas in Spain
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has been selected by Airbus to handle the giant Beluga A300-600ST Super Transporter at Airbus facilities in Getafe, Spain. WFS has opened a new state inside the Airbus facilities, which will see the aircraft operating between Getafe and other Airbus plants in Europe on an almost daily basis. The handler is […]
WFS doubles cargo handling operation at Boston Logan
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has more than doubled its cargo handling operation at Boston-Logan International Airport to cater for new contracts with Lufthansa, SAS and Swiss International Air Lines. WFS established its presence in Boston 12 years ago and had been operating from a 30,000 square foot facility on behalf of three major customers; American […]
WFS signs cargo handling contract with Singapore Airlines in Stockholm
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won a three-year contract to handle cargo for Singapore Airlines’ new services from Stockholm. The airline launched five Airbus A350-900 flights a week connecting Singapore Changi Airport and Stockholm Arlanda Airport via Moscow, operating every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. WFS in Stockholm expects to handle 3-4,000 tonnes a […]
WFS to handle cargo for Qatar Airways at Stockholm Arlanda
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won a three year cargo handling contract with Qatar Airways in Stockholm for its Doha flights. The airline operates 13 flights a week between the Swedish capital and Doha, and WFS is expecting to handle 12,000 tonnes a year for Qatar Airways at its cargo centre at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, […]
WFS awarded North American contracts with Polar, LOT and Swiss
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won lucrative new contracts with Polar Air Cargo, LOT Polish Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines, expanding its North American operations. It has been awarded a three-year contract to support Polar Air Cargo and its partners in Cincinnati, with the airline and its customers benefitting from a single point of […]
WFS to handle cargo for Air China in Barcelona
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won a three-year contract to provide cargo handling services to Air China in Barcelona, extending its agreement in Spain to a sixth airport. Air China operates four Boeing 777 flights a week from Barcelona to Beijing and this will increase to seven with the launch of Shanghai operations. WFS already […]
13% growth at Malpensa and more to come in 2017
Freight volumes have grown 13 per cent in the first two months of 2017 at Milan Malpensa Airport (pictured), following three years of growth averaging eight per cent, operator SEA Group tells Air Cargo Week. Volumes were up 7.4 per cent in 2016 to 537,000 tonnes, and the positive momentum seen in the last quarter […]
Paris Charles de Gaulle aiming for IATA CEIV certificate
Aeroport de Paris is to work with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to implement Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) certification with the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport cargo community. Seven major names in transport and logistics, Europe Handling Group, Panalpina, Quickstat, Swissport, Tendron, Transdev and WFS have committed to obtaining CEIV Pharma […]
WFS to provide PIA with UK cargo handling and trucking services
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has signed a three-year contract to provide Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) with cargo handling and trucking services in the UK. WFS will handle import and export cargo on PIA flights from London’s Heathrow Airport, Birmingham Airport and Manchester Airport, connecting UK customers with Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore. WFS operations director, UK […]
WFS handles motorbikes for Spanish MotoGP Grand Prix
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) helped MotoGP champion, Valentino Rossi race to victory in Spain by handling four charter flights for the Spanish Grand Prix. The handler was responsible for handling four chartered Boeing 747-400 Freighters carrying over 330 tonnes of motorbikes and support equipment for the Grand Prix at the Jerez circuit in Spain’s Andalusia […]
IATA WCS: Amsterdam Schiphol aiming for CEIV certification
The logistics community at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has launched a closed pharmaceutical chain programme to be International Air Transport Association (IATA) Center of Excellence for Independent Validators certified. It was announced at the IATA World Cargo Symposium on 16 March in press conference held in the Tegel room of the Intercontinental Hotel in Berlin, with […]
