WORLD WIDE FLIGHT SERVICES SETS STAGE FOR MAJOR SHAKEUP IN AIRPORT HANDLING
(Posted 20th May 2014)
French global ground handling service provider Worldwide Flight Services, concessioned by the Tanzanian authorities to launch operations at the Julius Nyerere International Airport, will set the stage for some major competition to market leader Swissport, which has been dominating the scene almost at will.
The French company is reportedly investing some 6 million US Dollars in their new venture, which will for the first time give airlines serving Tanzania’s largest aviation hub a real choice and opportunity to get more competitive quotations for ground handling.
With more than 100 ground handling contracts in over 20 countries around the world, the company is notable under-represented in Africa where after South Africa, where WFS launched operations two years ago, Tanzania is only the second country in which WFS will be present. Worldwide Flight Services is expected to launch their operations in late quarter three or early quarter four of this year. Watch this space for breaking and regular aviation news from across the Eastern African region.
No comments were received from other ground handlers nor from market leader Swissport which has in turn been investing in new equipment and staff training, apparently in preparation for the market entry by a major global rival.
