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Business Buzz
" We recognize Worldwide Freight
Aviramp Secures Boarding
Equipment Orders with
Frontier Airlines
Aviramp has clinched £1.2 million
of new orders with US-based Frontier
Airlines.
The new orders - for nine of its
step-free boarding ramps - means
the Denver-based carrier has invested
nearly £2 million with Aviramp in
the last 18 months.
" This latest order means we have
now supplied Frontier with 14 Aviramps
in total. What's particularly
pleasing is that Frontier have been
using our ramps for some time and
can see the advantages that safe,
step-free and solar-powered ramps
bring over traditional steps, " said
chief executive and company founder
Graham Corfield.
U.S. CBP Selects WFS
to Operate Centralized
Examination Station
for Air Cargo at JFK
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has
been selected by U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to operate a
new Centralized Examination Station
(CES) at New York's John F. Kennedy
International Airport (JFK).
WFS has been awarded a five-year
contract by CBP, one of the world's
largest law enforcement organizations
and the United States' first
unified border entity, which takes a
comprehensive approach to border
management and control, combining
customs, immigration, border security,
and agricultural protection.
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When the CES begins its phased
opening in Q1 2025, it will become the
first Air CES to contain all segments
of CBP inspections as well as the first
on-airport examination facility at JFK,
processing import, export, and USDA
(Department of Agriculture) goods.
" The Centralized Examination Station
(CES) is a game-changer for U.S.
Customs and Border Protection at JFK
Airport. The efficiencies realized from
this facility will allow CBP to optimize
resources and enhance our enforcement
efforts to keep bad things, such
as dangerous precursor chemicals,
goods that infringe on intellectual
property rights, and imports that
place the American people at risk
for their health and safety, out of the
commerce of the United States, " said
Salvatore Ingrassia, Port Director, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
at JFK. " The CES is also a win-win
for the JFK trade community, as the
billions of dollars of lawfully imported
goods will move through the JFK
network with even greater speed
and efficiency.
Services (WFS) as a global leader in
international cargo and ground handling
logistics, applaud their forward
leaning innovation in the industry,
and thank them for their willingness
to step up as the CES Operator
at JFK Airport, " he added. " We look
forward to our continued collaboration
with WFS, the Port Authority of
New York and New Jersey, our DHS
partners, as well as our Partner Government
Agencies, as this project
moves forward. "
GVAssistance Secures Geneva
Airport PRM Services License
GVAssistance has been assisting
passengers with reduced mobility
at Geneva Cointrin Airport for over
15 years and having recently been
granted a license for the PRM business
at the airport will continue to
do so from 2025-2031.
" Obtaining this concession confirms
our expertise in assisting
an average of 140,000 people with
reduced mobility per year and underlines
GVAssistance's commitment as
a competent partner of Geneva Airport, "
said Philippe Crippa, managing
director of GVAssistance.
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