Etihad Airways’ cargo and logistics arm, Etihad Cargo, has signed a three-year agreement with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) for handling services at twelve international airports.
Under the new strategic partnership, WFS will handle over 150,000 tonnes of cargo annually for the airline; also extending WFS’ existing operations for Etihad at New York JFK and Washington Dulles.
“As well as renewing existing contracts with WFS, this new agreement adds more key airport stations to the important work we do for the airline, including Amsterdam, Bengaluru, Barcelona, Boston, Copenhagen and Chicago,” said Mohammed Esa, global head, gateway services key accounts and strategy, SATS Group (of which WFS is a member). “Being awarded responsibility for providing cargo handling services at so many major cargo airports highlights WFS’ ability to provide global network solutions to our strategic customers”.