New contracts for ECS and WFS
ECS Group has won a cargo GSA contract in Switzerland from China’s Hainan Airlines, further extending the growing business partnership between the two companies in Europe.
ECS now represents Hainan Airlines in Belgium, Germany, Hungary and Switzerland to support its flights from Brussels, Berlin, Budapest and Zurich as well as at other ECS offices across Europe.
Hainan will launch flights between Beijing and Zurich on May 31st, operating three flights a week on the route using an Airbus A330 passenger aircraft offering 18 tonnes of cargo capacity.
In Switzerland, Hainan’s cargo capacity will be marketed by Globe Air Cargo, a wholly-owned affiliate of ECS Group.
In addition to its main station in Haikou, Hainan Airlines has established eight airline bases in Beijing, Xi’an, Taiyuan, Urumqi, Guangzhou, Lanzhou, Dalian and Shenzhen, as well as an extensive network across China. It connects Asia, Europe, America and Africa with nearly 500 domestic and international routes flying to more than ninety cities.
ECS plans to extend its office network in Hong Kong, Vietnam, China, India and Africa during the course of this year. Its network already incorporates 43 subsidiaries in thirty countries.
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has strengthened its position as the largest cargo handling at London’s Heathrow Airport by winning a new contract from Continental Airlines and acquiring the lease on another 60,000-tonne capacity cargo terminal.
Continental has transferred its business to WFS to join forces with merger partner, United Airlines, a longstanding WFS customer in the UK.
To accommodate this growth, WFS has taken a lease on Building 551 in the World Cargocentre at Heathrow, increasing its overall on-airport and off-airport capacity in London to 250,000 sq.ft.
Continental Airlines operates seven flights a day from Heathrow to Newark and Houston using Boeing 777 and 757 aircraft with up to 65 tonnes of daily cargo capacity across all flights.
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