Worldwide Flight Services widens Honolulu contract with Continental

CONTINENTAL Airlines is extending its business partnership with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in North America in a new contract in Honolulu where WFS will provide the airline with cargo warehousing, customer service, mail handling and ramp handling for 45 passenger flights a week linking Honolulu with Los Angles, Houston, Guam, and Newark from July 17.

WFS won the contract with the airline following a competitive bid process and will be responsible for the loading and unloading of Continental Airlines' twice-weekly Boeing 727 freighter services to and from Majuro in the South Pacific.

WFS now provides cargo handling for Continental Airlines at Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Columbus and Buffalo International airports. The airline also contracted WFS to provide passenger services in Montrose (Texas), Denver, Washington National, Halifax, Virgin Islands as well as Steamboat Springs and Vai, (Colorado).

"We are proud to be such a prominent partner of Continental Airlines," said WFS vice president John Sabol. "This latest contract follows our successful bids for the airline's cargo handling in Baltimore and Buffalo in the past year."

WFS provides cargo handling services in Honolulu, Kahului and Kona/Kailua, Hawaii, where it manages and operates cargo handling facilities on behalf of United Airlines. Other WFS customers in Honolulu include Air Pacific, Philippine Airlines and Hainan Airlines. WFS also offer handling services for passenger operations and technical services, including GSE and aircraft maintenance and airport facility maintenance.

(Source: News and Data Online)