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BUSINESS BUZZ
expand our global footprint into Africa
and establish operations at the airport
of Zanzibar. We are confident that our
investment in the local aviation industry
will stimulate tourism and trade, delivering
significant benefits for Zanzibar
businesses and the local community. "
WFS Invests in Copenhagen Cargo
Handling Facility Expansion
Copenhagen Airport has acknowledged
Worldwide Flight Services' (WFS) latest
investment to expand its cargo handling
facilities as enabling " future airfreight
growth " for the airport and its airline
clients.
WFS is the largest cargo handler in
Copenhagen, supporting 31 airlines with
flights to and from the Danish capital. It
provides cargo handling services for a further
127 offline carriers. It opened its first
4,600 m2
cargo terminal in Copenhagen
PEOPLE
Swissport Creates Global Cargo Chair Position
Swissport International
is further strengthening
its air cargo business by
creating the position of
a global cargo chair. The
new role will be held by
Dirk Goovaerts, head
of the Middle East and
Africa region. Goovaerts
will also continue
" Swissport is one of the largest air
serving in his current position with the
company.
Gloy Resigns from Lufthansa
Cargo Executive Board
Harald Gloy, chief operations
and human resources
officer at Lufthansa Cargo,
will leave the Executive
Board of Lufthansa Cargo
AG on Feb. 28, 2022 for personal reasons
and will devote himself to professional
challenges outside the Lufthansa Group.
The 49-year-old industrial engineer
has been chief operations officer since
cargo handling companies in the world.
Air cargo is one of the strategic pillars
and of fundamental importance to our
airline customers and the global supply
chain, " said Goovaerts. " Going forward,
we will further develop our product with
a special focus on digital acceleration,
innovation and seamless integration
with stakeholders in the air cargo
community. Our goal is to become the
air cargo handler of choice, delivering
Jan. 1, 2019. Gloy was responsible for
handling at the Frankfurt and Munich
hubs as well as global handling management,
flight operations and security.
Since March 1, Gloy has also been
responsible for human resources on the
executive board and assumed the role of
labor director.
" Harald Gloy has served more than
20 years and very successfully in various
positions, first in the top management
of Lufthansa Technik and since 2019 on
the Executive Board of Lufthansa Cargo, "
10 GROUND SUPPORT WORLDWIDE DECEMBER 2021/JANUARY 2022
operational excellence for existing and
potential customers in 116 warehouses
around the world. "
In other news, Karen Cox has started
as global director, operations and safety
at Swissport. Together with her team,
she will drive the transformation of
Swissport's global operations to provide
operational excellence and a consistent
service delivery to the company's airline
customers around the globe.
taken a 12-month lease on an additional
facility to provide the additional capacity
until construction of the new cargo center
is completed next year.
" Throughout the pandemic, WFS has
in 2008 and expanded with an additional
3,000 m2
.
Terminal 2 facility at the
beginning of 2010. In 2019, WFS invested
in a new GDP-certified Pharma facility,
increasing its footprint by 1,500 m2
WFS is investing once again by signing
a contract for a new Terminal 3 cargo center.
The 3,700 m2
warehouse facility will
open in Q4 2022.
In the meantime, to support its airline
customers' growing volumes, WFS has
continued to provide a full 24/7/365
cargo handling service for our customers
in Copenhagen, including those closely
connected to the country's thriving
pharma industry. As volumes recover
to close to their pre-COVID level, and
we see new growth potential ahead, we
are able to make this new investment to
ensure WFS and Copenhagen Airport
have the infrastructure in place to maintain
high quality cargo handling services,
for both our existing clients and future
customers which recognize this strategically
important regional cargo hub, " said
Thomas Egeland, general manager, WFS
- Scandinavia.
said Michael Niggemann, chairman
of the supervisory board of Lufthansa
Cargo AG and chief human resources
officer of the Lufthansa Group. " With
his extensive experience in aviation and
logistics as well as in managing large
business units, he has continued to lead
Lufthansa Cargo towards the future as
part of the executive board team and
contributed to Lufthansa Cargo's current
great economic success. "
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