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WFS Launches Emergency
Response Cargo Handling
Operation at Liege Airport

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) took just 72
hours to launch a new 'emergency response'
cargo handling operation at Liege Airport
following a request from the airport to help
increase its capacity to accept more freighter
flights carrying urgent medical equipment
into Europe to tackle the coronavirus crisis
across the continent.
The cargo handling terminal is located
within a brand new but previously unoccupied airside warehouse and has been made
available to WFS by Liege airport authority.

"I am extremely proud of everyone involved
in this project and of the WFS team globally
who are making such a vital contribution to
the speed and efficiency of medical supply
chains at a time when the world needs these
more than ever before," said Craig Smyth,
CEO of WFS.
WFS expects to handle up to 14 freighter
flights per week during this emergency
response phase of operations, which is currently expected to continue until the end of
May. WFS will also provide handling services
for outbound cargo shipments from Liege.
"Liege Airport has played a vital role in the
provisioning of personal protection equipment (PPE) since the outbreak of COVID-19
in Europe. Additional aircraft movements and
the huge growth in the volume of humanitarian goods led us to make this request to
WFS for an immediate response to the market needs. This could only be done with the
kind cooperation of AirBridgeCargo that has
allowed their facility to be temporarily used
for this operation. We are grateful to WFS for
accepting this challenge, which means we are

now able to welcome cargo carried onboard
ad-hoc charters and short term freighter
operations in the temporary facility made
available to them," said Bert Selis, VP Commercial Cargo and Logistics at Liege Airport.

Postponed Events

TaxiBot Semi-Robotic Towing
Tractor to Trial at Schiphol
Airport

Aug. 18-19

Schiphol and Smart Airport Systems (SAS)
announced its trial for sustainable taxiing
at Schiphol airport in cooperation with the
partners Air Traffic Control Netherlands
(LVNL), the Ministry of I&W, Corendon
Dutch Airlines, KLM, Transavia, EasyJet and
handlers dnata and KLM Ground Services.
The technology behind this trial, the TaxiBot,
is provided by SAS, a sister company to the
prominent designer and manufacturer of airport ground support equipment TLD and IAI
(Israƫl Aerospace Industry).
"We are extremely pleased with this test of
sustainable taxiing in cooperation with one
of the world's most innovative airports. We
are impressed by Schiphol's motivation which
reflects in quality of the partnership they have
created," said Maxime Mahieu, CEO of SAS.
"All key stakeholders are aligned to show that
SAS existing solutions can bring significant
environmental improvements today."
"This study fits with our ambition to be
the most sustainable airport in the world,"
added Hassan Charaf, head of innovation at
the Royal Schiphol Group. "I am proud that
together with our partners we are exploring
what sustainable taxiing at Schiphol can
mean."
Trials of the TaxiBot, a semi-robotic tow
vehicle that is controlled by the aircraft pilot
without the use of aircraft engines, is part of
an on-going feasibility study on sustainable
taxiing at Schiphol Airport. The trial is set
to run until the end of June after which the
study will conclude in Autumn 2020.

IATA Aviation Data Symposium
NATA Air Charter Summit and
Aviation Business Conference

NATA Ground Handling Safety
Symposium
Ashburn, VA

Sept. 1-3

MRO Americas
Dallas, TX

Sept. 15-17

GSE & Ramp-Ops Global
Istanbul, Turkey

Sept. 28 - Oct. 1
IATA World Financial
Symposium
Dubai, UAE

Nov. 23-24

IATA Annual General Meeting
and World Air Transport
Summit
Amsterdam, Netherlands

OCTOBER 20-22, 2020
RIO ALL SUITES HOTEL
AND CASINO
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

MAY 2020

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ITW GSE: 2020 Product Leader of the Year
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Professionalism's Value to Africa's Ground Handlers
It's a Deal
An Electric Solution for Conventional Pushbacks
Product Hangar
Editor's Note: When Leadership is Needed Most
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