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WFS Gains IATA CEIV
Certification for New Pharma
Center at Paris CDG

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has been
awarded IATA CEIV Pharma certification for
its new €10 million pharma center at Paris
Charles de Gaulle Airport, for the handling
of temperature-controlled healthcare and life
science products.

Opened in September last year, the center
is the only dedicated facility at the airport
- the second largest air cargo gateway in
Europe - with a team of dedicated and trained
experts, temperature-controlled warehousing,
and a transport fleet specifically adapted to
guarantee pharmaceutical shipments integrity. Nearly 30 airlines and freight forwarders
are already using the pharma center, which is
forecast to handle over 8,000 tons of products
in 2020.
"Investing in the pharma center supports
WFS' strategy to broaden our product offering
by supporting the needs of both our airline
and forwarding customers as well as their
customers, which, in this case, are major
pharmaceutical companies that demand the
highest standards of compliance to protect
the integrity of their products," said Hugo
Rodrigues, vice president cargo, France at
WFS. "Gaining IATA CEIV Pharma certification so soon after opening the center
recognizes our intention to meet the highest
industry standards. It also adds to Paris CDG's
reputation as one of the world's leading air
cargo gateways."

April 24-29

International Aviation Snow
Symposium
Buffalo, NY
Netherlands were previously members on an
individual basis.
"The dnata network has grown up fast over
last few years," said Guillaume Crozier, divisional vice president of operations and product development, dnata. "As we extend our
network, we strive to maintain a high level of
performance in all aspects, making sure all
our stations match with global quality and
performance standards."
"It is great to have the whole organization
of dnata onboard as a full member, as they are
a true global ground handling player and this
will add a lot of value and further enhance
Cargo iQ," said Ariaen Zimmerman, executive
director, Cargo iQ. "We look forward to dnata's
increased contributions to our initiatives that
we run to help improve the movement of air
cargo across the supply chain."

Nairobi Becomes Ninth IATA
CEIV Certified Swissport
Pharma Center

IATA's Center of Excellence for Independent
Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV
Pharma) has certified Swissport's upgraded
cargo warehouse at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport (NBO). Swissport is the
first globally active air cargo handler to receive
the certification for a facility in Africa.
"We are very pleased to officially open our
latest CEIV certified facility for our customers. The certification by IATA reflects our
strategic commitment to superior air cargo
handling," said Jeroen de Clercq, vice president, Sub Sahara Africa and Israel, and chief
executive officer of Swissport Kenya Limited.
"The CEIV Pharma standard guarantees air

April 28-30

MRO Americas
Dallas, TX

May 5-7

NBAA Maintenance
Conference
Hartford, CT

May 10-13

AAAE Annual Conference
Denver, CO

May 17-20

IATA Ground Handling
Conference
Mexico City, Mexico

May 26-28

NBAA-EBACE
Geneva, Switzerland

June 10-12

IATA Aviation Data Symposium
San Francisco, CA

June 22-23

IATA Annual General Meeting
Amsterdam, Netherlands

July 20-26

EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh, WI

dnata Becomes a Full Member
of Cargo iQ

Global air services provider dnata has joined
Cargo iQ as a full member to benefit from the
extensive knowledge and expertise that membership brings. The Dubai-headquartered
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