Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a SATS company, has won a competitive tender to lease a new, built-to-suit 11,000mÇ air cargo facility at London Heathrow Airport (LHR), which is expected to be fully operational during 2027.
WFS will install a four level, 220 position PCHS with two ETVs that together with other MHS improvements will allow the new facility to provide an annual handling capacity in excess of 160,000 tonnes.
The 20-year lease on the new facility, located on Southampton Road in the heart of LHR’s cargo area, reinforces both WFS’ position as the largest cargo handler at Heathrow and the airport’s strategic importance to UK and international trade, emphasised a release.