Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has commenced a new three-year cargo handling contract with Swiss WorldCargo at Italy’s Milan Malpensa Airport.

WFS says it expects to handle 2,000 tonnes of cargo annually at the airport for the airfreight division of Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS).

SWISS serves the Italian city with 28 weekly flights using narrowbody Airbus A320/321 and Embraer aircraft.

Additionally, Swiss WorldCargo’s customers will continue to benefit from road feeder services connecting Milan and the city of Zurich six days a week.

Swiss WorldCargo has been a longstanding customer of WFS. Currently, WFS provides cargo handling services for the airline’s airfreight division at key airport stations in North and 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.

Massimiliano Introini, WFS’ managing director Italy, said: “The quality of Swiss WorldCargo’s products and services is highly respected across the industry, and we value the airfreight division’s confidence in our ability to meet these high standards.

“In support of our service offering, as well as investing in our warehouse terminal, we have implemented digitalised processes in our warehouse and will be adding extra equipment to enhance our (unit load devices (ULDs) and pharma handling capabilities.”

Christian Wyss, head of cargo offering development and steering at SWISS, said: “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.”

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