Tag: Cargo terminal

Swissport strengthens UK presence with ASC acquisition

Swissport launches China operations with next-generation cargo terminal at Shanghai Pudong Airport

Swissport, the global leader in aviation services, announces its entry into the Chinese market through a strategic partnership with Smargo, the joint venture between AVINEX Logistics (Shanghai Airport Authority Logistics Development company) and China Eastern Airlines Logistics, to manage and jointl...

WFS to open new, multi-purpose cargo terminal at Lyon Airport

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a SATS company, is taking a 20-year lease on a new air cargo terminal in the CargoPort area of Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS), which serves the world’s leading vaccine-producing region, due to open in summer 2026. On the 5.2-hectare Aéroport de Lyon DC1 site...

SAASA begins construction of its cargo terminal at Madrid-Barajas Airport in Spain

Servicios Aeroportuarios Andino Global S.A. (SAASA Global), an international company headquartered in Madrid, Spain, with Peruvian shareholders and managers, has completed the definitive steps to start the construction of a terminal for air cargo activities at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airpo...

Menzies Aviation unveils new domestic cargo terminal in Bengaluru, India

Menzies Aviation has unveiled its new 245,000 square feet greenfield domestic cargo terminal in partnership with BIAL (Bangalore International Airport Ltd). The new state-of-the-art cargo terminal is designed to enhance operational efficiency for Menzies’ cargo operations. It will support a ...

AAT appointed as the cargo terminal operator for Air Premia’s new route to Hong Kong

Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT), a subsidiary of SATS Ltd, has announced its new partnership with Air Premia, serving as the cargo terminal operator for the airline’s inaugural route from Seoul Incheon to Hong Kong, enhancing travel options and cargo capacity between the two regions. Air Premia ...

AHS/Menzies relies on Lödige Industries’ automated ULD storage System at the Queen Alia International Airport

Aviation Handling Services Jordan Ltd. (AHS) uses technology from Lödige Industries at its newly developed Cargo Terminal at the Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Kingdom of Jordan. Lödige Industries was contracted to provide the client an automated solution for handling import and exp...

WFS opens fourth cargo terminal in Copenhagen

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a SATS company, is to open a fourth warehouse facility at Copenhagen Airport to support the expansion of its specialised E-commerce & Freight Forwarder Handling (EFFH) services in Scandinavia. WFS has also announced it will take over the existing customer port...

Cathay Cargo: Bringing AI technology to life

Cathay Cargo: Bringing AI technology to life

While there is little doubt that AI is the talk of air cargo’s digitalised future, there are many hoops to go through first. There are some real-world examples from the Cathay Cargo Terminal and Cathay’s ground handling agent subsidiary HAS (Hong Kong Airport Services) below where AI is alrea...

WFS boosts capacity at Chicago O’Hare with 15-year lease on new cargo terminal

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the SATS Group, has increased its cargo capacity at Chicago O’Hare International Airport by more than 10% to over 310 million kilos a year with the opening of a further cargo terminal. As global leaders in the aviation industry, this latest investment ...

China completes construction of Entebbe International Airport air cargo terminal

Source: XinhuaEditor: huaxia A newly Chinese-constructed air cargo terminal at Uganda's Entebbe International Airport is open for business, a move officials say will boost the country's foreign trade. The modern facility is part of the expansion and upgrade of the airport, a 200-million-U.S. d...

Lödige Industries to equip dnata’s new, fully automated system at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

dnata, a leading global air and travel service provider, has contracted Lödige Industries, the world's leading provider of cargo terminal solutions, to supply their new cargo terminal at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Due to construction measures at Schiphol to improve airport infrastructure, it ...

WFS’ Copenhagen expansion enables ‘future airfreight growth’

Copenhagen Airport has acknowledged Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) latest investment to expand its cargo handling facilities as enabling ‘future airfreight growth’ for the airport and its airline clients. WFS is the largest cargo handler in Copenhagen, supporting 31 airlines with flights...

WFS wins SriLankan Airlines contract for Heathrow CenterPoint cargo terminal

SriLankan Airlines has become the first new customer at Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) CenterPoint cargo handling terminal at London Heathrow. The airline has awarded WFS with a 32-month contract, commencing in September, to provide cargo handling and airside transport for its Airbus A330-30...

AirBridgeCargo Airlines signs three-year contract with WFS

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group, has signed a three-year contract to become the launch customer of Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) new cargo terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (H-JAIA). Under the terms of the agreement, WFS will handle some 9...

WFS opens cargo terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has opened a new cargo handling centre at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (H-JAIA), supporting its focus on network expansion, facility investments and sustainability. WFS won the airport’s tender for a 20-year lease to operate the new 100,000 s...

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