Thanks to a three year deal with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), Swiss WorldCargo is now operating 28 weekly flights to the city of Milan using narrowbody Airbus A320/321 and Embraer aircraft.
WFS, a member of the SATS Group, expects to handle annually 2,000 tonnes of cargo in Milan Malpensa for the airfreight division of SWISS.
Additionally, Swiss WorldCargo’s customers will continue to benefit from road feeder services connecting Milan and Zurich 6 days a week.
WFS already provides cargo handling services for SWISS’ airfreight division at key airport stations in North & South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.
Swiss WorldCargo says its decision to appoint WFS as its air cargo ground handling partner in Milan Malpensa was based on “WFS’ modern cargo handling facilities, the size of its operation, and its ability to provide dedicated solutions for Swiss WorldCargo’s specialised high-value, care-intensive and temperature-sensitive shipments.”
Commenting on the deal, Christian Wyss, Head of Cargo Offering Development & Steering at Swiss International Air Lines, said:
“We’re glad to extend our already solid collaboration with WFS to another key station of our cargo operations, Milan Malpensa. With a significant number of weekly flights and tonnes of cargo transported between Milan and Zurich, we need an air cargo ground handling partner that knows our business well and can operate to the high-quality standards that we provide our customers globally. WFS can do that.”