Worldwide Flight Services and products (WFS), a member of the SATS Neighborhood, has acquired a long-term contract to change into SAS Cargo’s handling associate at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, one among the airline’s main Scandinavian hubs.
The contract, which starts on 24 February 2025, follows a thorough selection task by SAS Cargo, and marks the foremost time the airline has partnered with an exterior handling supplier at one among its Scandinavian hubs. It also extends SAS Cargo’s industry partnership with WFS, which already holds cargo handling contracts with the airline in Belgium, Eire, Netherlands, and Spain.
“Arlanda, Stockholm, is the biggest hub for us at SAS Cargo and the choice to associate with Worldwide Flight Services and products (WFS) shows our ongoing commitment to providing constant, legit provider for our potentialities. With WFS’s extended experience, along with the most modern acquisition of Terminal & Transporttjänst i Sigtuna AB (TT) and APH Logistics AB (APH), we’re assured in their experience and high operational standards. Together, the groups on each and each ends will plot particular that a relaxed transition and atmosphere friendly handling task that continues to meet the expectations of our potentialities,” stated Markus Ek, SAS Cargo CEO.
“This is a truly necessary contract for WFS in Sweden and shows the recognition for provider quality we possess constructed with SAS Cargo at assorted main airports in Europe. It is on occasion testimony to our ability to present the airline a long-term partnership with world growth most likely,” commented Marc Claesen, SVP Northern Europe and Africa at WFS. “SAS Cargo is a number one supplier of air cargo services in Northern Europe, linking Scandinavia to world markets and we fragment its commitment to prioritize operational excellence and genuine enchancment.”
Winning this recent contract will toughen WFS’s feature because the largest self sustaining cargo handler in Arlanda, Sweden’s main world airport. WFS handles eight airline potentialities at three services. This blended 16,300 square metres of warehouse capability involves cooling services for temperature-controlled and perishable cargo to boot to a Border Inspection Put up (BIP).
WFS has been providing cargo handling services at Stockholm Arlanda since 2012 and, in June 2024, elevated its native infrastructure, market opportunities, and abilities in Sweden with the acquisition of Terminal & Transporttjänst i Sigtuna AB (TT) and APH Logistics AB (APH). This marked one other necessary milestone within the firm’s strategic growth thought in Sweden and would possibly presumably well possibly vastly lend a hand the success of the SAS Cargo partnership.
