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BUSINESS BUZZ
announced a new manufacturing partnership
with David Clark Company.
With this new partnership, Carolina
ABC Agrees to 10-Year Cargo
Handling Contract with WFS
in Liege
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has
awarded a 10-year cargo handling contract
to Worldwide Flight Services (WFS)
in Liege. Under the terms of the new
contract, as well as handling import and
export cargo on AirBridgeCargo's 15
Boeing 747 freighter flights a week, WFS
has subleased half of ABC's new cargo
terminal at the Belgian airport to support
its other handling clients.
WFS will also provide handling for
other Volga-Dnepr Group airlines when
required to do so.
" We are extremely proud that AirBridgeCargo
Airlines and Volga-Dnepr
Group are making this long-term commitment
to working with WFS. This
10-year contract in Liege follows our
announcement in June of a three-year
handling agreement with ABC at our new
cargo terminal in Atlanta, " said Barry
Nassberg, WFS' group chief commercial
officer. " These types of contracts provide
stability for both partners, are great news
for our employees, and enable us to support
AirBridgeCargo's long-term growth
strategy, which requires us to deliver high
quality, reliable and innovative cargo handling
services for its global customers. "
As well as Liege and Atlanta, WFS
also holds contracts to provide handling
services for AirBridgeCargo Airlines in
Frankfurt, Madrid and Paris as well as in
Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Los Angeles
and Hong Kong.
GSE is equipped to distribute a wide
array of David Clark aviation headsets,
including its full line of aircraft tug
pushback headsets in both wired and
wireless options for communicating while
performing a variety of ramp and maintenance
operations including pushback.
Also available are David Clark's noise-reducing
hearing protector headsets, aircraft
deicing headsets engineered specifically
for use during deicing applications, and
headsets designed for aircraft and helicopter
pilots in both passive and Electronic
Noise Cancelling (ENC) options.
" David Clark headsets are known for
their unparalleled reliability and clear
communication capabilities, " said John
Werner, Carolina GSE president. " With
this new partnership, Carolina GSE will
support its customers with access to the
highest quality headsets designed specifically
for the aviation industry. "
" We are very excited about our new
business relationship with Carolina GSE, "
said Fernando Serra, David Clark Company
regional sales manager. " We look
forward to working with our new ground
support/aviation dealer in the Carolinas. "
lines aircraft. We feel proud that such an
established company has recognized our
experience and professionalism and chose
us to ensure the safety of their winter
operations, " said Jo Alex Tanem, CEO of
Aviator Airport Alliance.
" We are very pleased to have entered
into a deicing contract with Aviator for
these domestic Norwegian destinations
where Aviator already handles our traffic.
Deicing is a vital safety requirement
during the Nordic winter months, and
Aviator will contribute to ensuring that
our aircraft are ready for on-time departures, "
added Adrian Dunne, EVP operations
for Norwegian.
Menzies Expands MASIL Joint
Venture with Launch of Passenger
Services in Baghdad
Menzies Aviation announced that it has
expanded its joint venture with Iraqi Airways
(MASIL) to offer passenger services
at Baghdad International Airport. MASIL
has assumed operational control of passenger
service activities in the Nineveh
terminal at Iraq's largest airport as part of
its commitment.
As part of the team already on the
Carolina GSE and David Clark
Announce Partnership
Carolina GSE, a global provider of aviation
ground support equipment, avionics
test equipment and consumables,
Aviator Signs Partnership
Agreement with Norwegian for
Deicing Services
Aviator Airport Alliance has signed a new
partnership agreement with Norwegian
for deicing services. The new deicing
contract was signed for a three-year
period and went into effect on Sept. 22,
in Bergen, Bodø, Bardufoss, Tromsø and
Trondheim Airports in Norway.
" We are delighted that starting this
winter, Aviator's professional deicing
team will take care of Norwegian air12
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ground, 155 MASIL employees will provide
passenger services to Iraq Airways.
" We're delighted that MASIL is going
from strength to strength in Baghdad,
from the launch of our Cargo Go Live
initiative a few months ago to the commencement
of passenger service activities.
One of the key aims for MASIL is to support
the development of Iraqi nationals to
assume key positions within the business
going forward and we're pleased to see our
advanced training programs are already
underway, " said Charles Wyley, executive
vice president, Middle East, Africa and
Asia, Menzies Aviation.
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