Swissport Cargo Services North America has announced it has concluded or renewed a number of cargo handling agreements commencing in the first half of 2010, including new cargo handling agreements with British Airways at Los Angeles and Boston, Air Canada at Denver, Aer Lingus at Washington-Dulles and Air New Zealand and LAN Cargo at San Francisco. The unit also renewed its existing accord with Continental Airlines at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.

Most of the contracts concluded are for at least three years, and their total (annual) business volume amounts to some 50,000 tonnes, Swissport said.