LAX: Air China Cargo inks cargo handling contract
Under a new three-year contract, Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the Sats Group, will handle over 20,000 t of cargo a year for Air China Cargo in Los Angeles.
WFS will provide ramp and warehouse handling services for the airline’s Boeing 777 and Boeing 747-400 freighter flights at the US west coast airport and cargo handling for shipments carried onboard Air China’s passenger services to and from Los Angeles.
Air China Cargo currently operates seven freighter flights a week on a Shenzhen-Mexico (NLU)- Los Angeles -Shenzhen, Shenyang-Los Angeles -Beijing routing. The carrier also runs four passenger flights a week linking Los Angeles to Beijing and Shenzhen.
WFS handles over 50 airlines, freight forwarding, and e-commerce customers in Los Angeles, processing over 760,000 t of cargo a year in multiple warehouse facilities at the airport. (cj)