All GSSA Articles – Page 12
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ECS continues European expansion with new office in Portugal
ECS Group has opened an office in Porto (OPO), continuing the GSSA's European development strategy to expand its network.“Opening an office in Portugal was a necessity in order to meet growing market demand on the Iberian peninsula, to offer even more options to our clients, and, of course, to continue ...
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NewsAir Astana appoints Flight Directors as UK GSA
Simon Rickman country manager UK and Ireland Air Astana (L) and Flight Directors MD Paul ArgyleAir Astana, the national carrier of Kazakhstan, has appointed Flight Directors as its new General Sales Agent (GSA) for the UK and Ireland, effective immediately.The airline, which offers daily flights to London Heathrow to Nur-Sultan, ...
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Silk Way Airlines USA picks GFS
Florida-based Global Feeder Services (GFS) is now acting as Silk Way Airlines USA’s exclusive general sales agent in the US, with effect from today (August 1, 2019).GFS president Arthur Ilyayev said: “With the appointment of GFS, our customers will have more options for shipments destined for the Middle East and ...
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Virgin selects WTA and Swissport for Israeli cargo services
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has awarded contracts to cargo sales agent WTA Aviation and cargo handler Swissport in Israel to support the launch of the airline’s daily flights between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv.WTA will be responsible for selling the 20 tonnes of daily cargo capacity offered onboard Virgin Atlantic’s Airbus ...
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NewsAir Europa expands Nordic GSA deal to include Finland and Norway
Air Europa has appointed Nordic GSA as its sales agent covering Finland and Norway.The deal comes shortly after the airline appointed the GSA, which is part of the ECS group, to look after its cargo business in Sweden.“It’s always extremely rewarding when an airline wants to take an existing partnership ...
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Forwarders sign up for IATA's new rate platform
DB Schenker, Agility Logistics and Hellmann Worldwide Logistics have signed up to IATA's new air cargo rates platform, IATA Net Rates.IATA Net Rates aims to digitise the process of airlines and GSAs distributing rate sheets to forwarders using Excel spreadsheets and email, which the airline group said is "labor-intensive and ...
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NewsIndiGo appoints GSA Globe Air Cargo to cover Turkish market
Indian airline IndiGo has launched cargo activities between Istanbul (IST) and New Delhi (DEL) via its new GSA, Globe Air Cargo Turkey – which becomes the first GSA to represent the airline in that country.Founded in August 2006, IndiGo has grown to have an Indian marketshare of 49.9% and now ...
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NewsECS reveals winners of innovation competition
ECS Innovation Project Grand JuryThe ECS group has revealed the three winners of its #NexGenLeaders innovation challenge.The #NexGenLeaders competition is split into three different categories – students, start-ups and employees of the ESC Group.In the ECS Group employees category, the winner is Cargo Assistant, represented by Jonatan Jiménez, who developed ...
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Leisure Cargo files for insolvency following loss of major customer
Germany-based GSA Leisure Cargo has filed for bankruptcy following the loss of a major contract.The company at one time counted 14 leisure airlines amongst its customer base, but last year lost a major contract with TUI to the ESC Group.Tillmann Peeters of restructuring firm Falkensteg Restrukturierung said that the company ...
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NewsTurkish Cargo scoops Cargo Airline of the Year Award
Turkish Cargo was voted Cargo Airline of the Year 2019 as the airfreight industry gathered in the UK for a night of celebration at Air Cargo News’ industry Oscars, now in their 35th year.The Istanbul-hubbed airline secured the highest total number of votes cast by Air Cargo News readers to ...
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NewsOman Air picks AVS for cargo services in Malaysia
Oman Air has selected AVS GSA to be its sales and service agent in Malaysia as the airline looks to expand in Southeast Asia.The airline offers two flights per day Kuala Lumpur operated by A330 and B787 aircraft. The main routes to be marketed under this agreement are the Middle ...
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NewsACP Worldwide promotes Entwistle
ACP managing director Rod EntwistleAviation management company ACP Worldwide has promoted Rod Entwistle to the newly created position of managing director.A 23-year veteran of the company, Entwistle has a total of 33 years' experience in the aviation industry and for almost 30 of those has worked alongside ACP's founder and ...
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Aero Africa opens a control tower office in Shanghai
Air cargo management group Aero Africa has opened a centralised customer service and solutions centre in Shanghai.Managed by Eric Dong, who has experience in the Chinese airfreight market, the control tower office will be responsible to sign local and independent customer service agents in the Asian region.It will also assist ...
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NewsAzul chooses Globe Air Cargo Argentina as its GSSA
Brazilian airline Azul has appointed Globe Air Cargo (GAC) Argentina, an ECS Group subsidiary, as its general sales and services agent (GSSA) in Argentina.GAC Argentina plans to expand the cargo activities of Brazil’s third-largest airline in Argentina, including opening up destinations that are currently passenger-only.Azul has signed a two-year GSSA ...
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Aero Cargo scoops Air Senegal GSSA deal
GSSA Aero Cargo – owned by the ECS Group - has won the contract to sell the freight capacity of new national airline Air Senegal across its network.Air Senegal began operating on a regional basis in 2018, running flights within Africa with the aim of becoming the “leading West African ...
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Shortlist revealed for the Air Cargo News Awards
Anticipation ahead of the Air Cargo News Cargo Airline of the Year Awards is continuing to build as the shortlist for the judged categories has been revealed.A team of five well-known industry judges painstakingly reviewed a record number of entries for the six categories that required companies to write an ...
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ECS signs total cargo management contract with TUI
Travel group TUI, which runs five airlines and owns 150 aircraft, has signed a total cargo management contract (TCM) with ECS, the global general sales and services agent (GSSA).Airlines with the Germany-headquartered holiday specialist serve over 300 destinations in 75 countries and operate an average of more than 3,300 flights ...
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ECS allows airlines to customise with TCE
Sales agent ECS has launched a new product that will allow airlines to pick and choose from its various services.The Total Cargo Expertise (TCE) product will allow ECS to offer each of its services individually, allowing airlines to pick the most appropriate combination to suit their requirements.The custom service covers ...
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ECS launches innovation competition
The ESC Group has launched a competition for air cargo innovators, with the eventual winners taking home funding worth up to €100,000.The #NexGenLeaders competition is split into three different categories - students, start-ups and employees of the ESC Group.Anyone fitting into one of those categories that has a project they ...
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Low-cost airline NokScoot appoints ECS in Asia
Low-cost airline NokScoot has appointed the ECS group as its GSA in Asia under a three-year total cargo management contract.The airline, a partnership between Singapore’s Scoot and Thai Nok Air, is based in Thailand at Don Muang International and operates 49 flights per week in Asia to China, Japan, India ...