WFS: fifth cargo terminal in Madrid
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of The SATS Group, is to open a fifth cargo handling terminal at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport to provide additional growth capacity and secure its position as Madrid’s largest independent handling provider.
Construction of the new 6,500 sqm terminal has now commenced and WFS aims to begin operations from the facility by the end of Q1/2024, increasing its total cargo facility footprint in Madrid to 17,000 sqm.
WFS has been present in the Madrid cargo and ground handling market since 1998 and serves 39 airline customers, also providing trucking services connecting other key airports in Spain and the EU. It has been proactively investing in its operation in Madrid for over two decades.
WFS has signed a 30-year lease on the new building opening in 2024, which sits on a 12,500 sqm plot connected to the airport tarmac. (cj)