Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the SATS Group, will handle over 20,000 tonnes of cargo a year for Air China Cargo in Los Angeles under a new 3-year contract. 

The Chinese airline currently operates seven freighter flights a week between Shenzhen-Mexico (NLU)-Los Angeles-Shenzhen, as well as Shenyang-Los Angeles-Beijing. It also flies passengers four times a week to connect Los Angeles to Beijing and Shenzhen. 

WFS provides ramp and warehouse handling services for the airline’s Boeing 777 and Boeing 747-400 freighter flights at the US west coast airport. It will also handle shipments carried onboard Air China’s passenger services to and from Los Angeles. 

With over 30 years of business relationship, the two companies are partners at more than 10 stations globally, including New York JFK, Washington Dulles, and Paris CDG. WFS handles over 50 airline, freight forwarding, and ecommerce customers in Los Angeles, processing over 760,000 tonnes of cargo a year across multiple warehouse facilities at the airport