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AIR CARGO

American Airlines awards WFS cargo Swissport launches cool

handling contract for Copenhagen chain terminal in Basel

orldwide Flight Services (WFS), WFS is already handling American
Wa member of the SATS Group, Airlines’ growing cargo volumes
has extended its partnership with in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy,
American Airlines in Europe with the Netherlands, Spain, and the
a new cargo handling contract in United Kingdom. WFS now handles
Copenhagen to support the launch around 100,000 tonnes annually
of the airline’s daily Boeing 787 in Copenhagen for more than 20 wissport announced the inauguration
flights between Denmark and its online airline customers and +150 Sof its cool+connect terminal in
transatlantic hub in Philadelphia. offline carriers. Basel, Switzerland on June 27, 2024. The
infrastructure ensures the integrity of
pharmaceutical and temperature-sensitive
goods (2-8°C) throughout the loading
process. By consolidating shipments from
the same suppliers in a single truck instead of
several as before, CO2 emissions and handling
time are reduced by around 70 percent (from
4.5 to 1.5 hours) as transportation outside the
airport is no longer necessary. Swissport plans
to introduce the cool+connect infrastructure
worldwide and is committed to expanding its
network of IATA CEIV Pharma-certified cargo
warehouses for pharmaceutical logistics.

WestJet Cargo joins cargo.one dnata transports over 6,500
animals via Brussels
for digital solutions

nata successfully transported over
d6,500 animals through its Animal Care
and Inspection Centre (ACIC) at Brussels
Airport in 2023-24. ACIC, a 2000m² facility,
is dedicated to the safe handling of live
animals at Brussels Airport. Dogs are
predictably the most popular pets handled
estJet Cargo has teamed up with Cargo broaden its footprint and optimise at dnata’s ACIC facility with over 1,000
Wcargo.one to launch the airline’s market-fit for all its markets. Available canines safely passing through in 2023-24.
capacity on the air freight platform. The destinations on the platform span the More than half of these were police dogs
global freight forwarding community Americas, including Calgary, Halifax, heading overseas. Pet fish are also frequent
gains instant and fully digital access to Toronto, Vancouver, Los Angeles and visitors with over 4,000 boxes of various
book WestJet Cargo’s services around Miami, among others while European species imported. Tarantula spiders and
the clock. cargo.one is applying its destinations include London, Paris, various reptiles are also delicately managed.
digital sales expertise to help WestJet Dublin, Barcelona, Milan, and Rome.
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