WFS wins Continental Airlines contract in London and acquires lease on additional cargo terminal

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has strengthened its position as the largest cargo handling at London's Heathrow Airport by winning a new contract from Continental Airlines and acquiring the lease on a further 60,000 tonnes capacity cargo terminal.

Continental has transferred its business to WFS to join forces with merger partner, United Airlines, a longstanding WFS customer in the UK.

To accommodate this growth, WFS has taken a lease on Building 551 in the World Cargocentre at Heathrow. This has increased its overall on-airport and off-airport capacity in London to 250,000 square feet.

Continental Airlines operates seven flights a day from Heathrow to Newark and Houston using Boeing 777 and 757 aircraft with up to 65 tons of daily cargo capacity across all flights.