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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the SATS Group, has launched a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB) program in North America to identify opportunities to increase efficiency, reduce waste, and enhance customer satisfaction, while helping employees achieve an internationally recognised management certification.
WFS currently has 10 team members in the region who have earned Green Belts, having successfully completed 40 hours of classroom training, an examination, and a six-month ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of SATS Group, will increase cargo capacity at New York John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) by 20% in early 2025 with a new 346,000sq ft terminal.
JFK is one of WFS’ biggest international cargo stations. WFS already operates eight handling facilities at the airport, ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the SATS Group, has started a proof-of-concept trial of autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs) at its cargo terminal at Barcelona Airport.
The trial of Linde AGV forklift trucks will last for seven months and, if successful, similar machines will be rolled out across other WFS ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of The SATS Group, is to open a fifth cargo handling terminal at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport.
WFS aims to begin operations from the6,500sq m (69,965sq ft) facility by the end of the first quarter of 2024, increasing its total cargo facility footprint in Madrid ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a Member of the SATS Group, has begun rolling out a new dock management system in North America to reduce truck waiting times in New York JFK by more than 20%.
The solution is part of WFS’ in-house developed ePic Enterprise Solution, which is now operational at ...
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Handler World Freight Services (WFS) and airport operator Aena have launched a proof-of-concept trial for autonomous cargo vehicles at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona - El Prat Airport.
The project is aligned with the first automated ground vehicle (AGV) guidelines being developed by IATA’s Ground Operations Automation and Digitization working group, of which WFS ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has enlarged its facility at London’s Heathrow Airport after a 30% growth in volumes in the past year.
It has signed a five-year lease on Building 578 in the airport’s cargo area, boosting its warehouse and office space by 27,000 sq. ft. The additional building, due to ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has launched an ‘Our Sustainable Flight Path’ plan to steer the next level of its Environmental, Social & Government (ESG) strategy and support the responsible growth of its global airport and aviation services.
The strategy has been created with the support of PwC’s Sustainability team and aims ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has introduced its CargoKiosk’ technology to process trucks and drivers making cargo deliveries and collections at London Heathrow airport.
Drivers arriving on-site no longer have to go to the station reception desk for paperwork to be checked manually before they are assigned a loading bay but instead ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has opened a Security Operations Centre (SOC) for the Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa (EMEAA) region in Paris to monitor its cargo handling operations.
The SOC will be the security focal point for over 40 of WFS’ cargo handling sites in 12 countries in the EMEAA ...
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