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WFS adds Frankfurt e-commerce capacity

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a SATS company has signed a long-term lease on two warehouses at Frankfurt Airport  to enable it to expand its e-commerce services. The handler will take over two warehouses and two office buildings on a 24,000sq m site within the airport’s Cargo City South. The facilities will be equipped with ULD handling systems and volume and dimension scanners. When  fully operational, it will give WFS capacity to handle ... [+]

WFS opens Copenhagen site to serve Scandi e-commerce

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a SATS company, has opened a fourth warehouse at Copenhagen Airport to support e-commerce and freight forwarder handling (EFFH) services in Scandinavia. It covers an area of 4,800sq m and takes WFS’ cargo handling footprint at the airport to over 21,500sq m, including its dedicated temperature-controlled pharma ... [+]

WCS starts work on Lyon airport site

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 due to open in summer 2026. The 5.2-hectare Aéroport de Lyon DC1 site is adjacent to the runway and will offer 19,133m² of warehouse space and ... [+]

WFS opens JFK’s first new cargo terminal in 30 years

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a SATS company has opened the first new cargo terminal to be built at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in 30 years. WFS’ warehouse footprint at JFK now exceeds 1 million square feet across eight facilities, reinforcing its position as the airport’s largest provider ... [+]

WFS signs up Heathrow fleet for biofuel trial

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is starting a three-month trial using HVO biofuel in its airside transport fleet at London Heathrow Airport in support of parent company SATS’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) group priorities  Heathrow’s goal for all airport vehicles to be zero-emission or using biofuels by 2030. The trial Initially ... [+]

SATS and WFS create global air cargo groundforce

Singapore-based airline catering firm SATS has completed its acquisition of global air cargo logistics handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) for €1.3 billion (S$1.8bn), from Cerberus Capital Management. WFS becomes a fully owned subsidiary of SATS and will remain headquartered in Paris and operate as Worldwide Flight Services. Chief executive Craig Smyth ... [+]

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