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BUSINESS BUZZ

the hubs of Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian Airlines in Frankfurt, Munich,
Zurich and Vienna with the UK.

Menzies Aviation Supports
WestJet at Five New Stations in
British Columbia

Menzies Aviation is further developing
its relationship with Canada's WestJet
with the announcement of a new contract to offer guest services at five new
stations in the Western province of British Columbia.
Menzies already works with WestJet
at Toronto, one of WestJet's largest
hubs, and other airports around the
world and is now supporting their
operations at Victoria (YYJ), Nanaimo
(YCD), Comox (YQQ), Abbotsford
(YXX), and Kamloops (YKA).
" We are currently servicing WestJet
at one of their largest hubs in Toronto
and various airports globally. The addition of the Canadian western stations
is a testament to the ongoing trust in
delivering an exceptional experience
to WestJet guests, " said James Wong,
vice president, sales - Canada and
Caribbean. " We look forward to further
developing our global relationship and
the opportunity to offer our services
to the aviation community in Western
Canada. "
" For more than 15 years, Menzies
has partnered with us to provide safe
and caring service to millions of WestJet guests. Our long-standing relationship alongside Menzies' alignment
with our service culture are two key
reasons we selected them as our service
partner for these Western Canadian
airports, " Robert Antoniuk, WestJet vice president, airports said. " We
look forward to a continued healthy
partnership. "

10 GROUND SUPPORT WORLDWIDE

EVA Air Grows its Global
Partnership with WFS with
New Contract in Seattle

EVA Air has signed a new three-year
cargo handling contract with Worldwide
Flight Services (WFS) in Seattle, extending the two companies' more than 15
years of partnership in North America.
WFS already holds contracts with
EVA Air at the airport for below-wing
ramp handling services for its passenger operations as well as ramp and
cargo handling of the airline's freighter
flights. Overall, WFS expects to handle some 12 million kilos of air cargo
annually for EVA Air in Seattle.
In addition to new business from
EVA Air, WFS in Seattle has also
recently won new cargo handling contracts with both Aloha Cargo and Polar
Air Cargo. In total, WFS now handles
more than 28 million kilos a year for
eight airline customers at its two facilities at the airport.

" EVA is an important and major
global customer of WFS. We are honored to be extending our relationship
in Seattle and to have now earned
the airline's trust to handle its entire
passenger, freighter and ramp services.
This reflects the strength of our partnership and the high quality of aircraft
and cargo handling services being
delivered by the WFS team in Seattle, "
Mike Simpson, EVP Americas at WFS,
said. " It's a great start for us to 2021. "

Gazpromneft-Aero to Provide
Refueling Services for Belavia
Airlines at DXB
Gazpromneft Aero, the aviation fuel
operator of Gazprom Neft, has signed
a contract to provide aircraft refueling
services on behalf of Belavia Airlines,

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the Belorussian flagship carrier, at Dubai
International Airport in the UAE.
Gazpromneft-Aero provides into
the wing refueling at international airports in the UAE in partnership with
the country's national aviation fuel
company. In turn, airline customers
from Dubai can receive guaranteed fuel
service at the airports of Gazpromneft-Aero's presence in Russia and the
CIS.
" We have been cooperating with
Belavia for four years. In addition
to refueling the airline's scheduled
flights in Dubai, Gazpromneft-Aero
provides Belavia with refueling services at the international airports of
Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Kaliningrad and Voronezh. As international
air traffic resumes, we are delighted to
expand our cooperation with Belarusian partners and provide them with
high-quality services on other popular
destinations in Russia and abroad, "
said Vladimir Yegorov, Gazpromneft-Aero's CEO.
" Our airline's specialists have been
working for a long time to launch
regular flights to Dubai International
Airport, and we are excited to operate
the first flight on Feb. 19. The quality
of aircraft service, including fuel quality, has always been important for us,
so we choose only reliable partners. We
hope to strengthen our cooperation in
the future across other destinations
along the airline's route network, " said
Igor Cherginets, Belavia Airlines CEO.

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