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WFS to be Singapore Airlines’ sole UK cargo partner

[ December 5, 2014   //   Chris ]

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won a three-year contract to provide full cargo handling services for Singapore Airlines Cargo at London Heathrow and its UK regional locations from January. Singapore Airlines Cargo operates two Boeing 747 freighter services a week from the UK with a payload of 100 tonnes per flight, twice daily Airbus A380 flights and twice-daily B777-300 each offering between 10 and 27 tonnes of cargo capacity respectively.

At Heathrow, Singapore Airlines Cargo will be handled in WFS’ Building 550 in the World Cargo Centre, which is undergoing investment in new equipment and systems, more cargo acceptance doors prior to the start of the contract.

WFS also operates cargo centres at London Gatwick, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow, as well as at Luton, Bristol, Leeds-Bradford, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dublin, Shannon and Cork.

Tags: Singapore Airlines Cargo, WFS