Worldwide Flight Services (WFS)
About
Established in 1983, Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is a leading independent provider of airport services. American Airlines formed AMR Services Corporation to outsource its ramp, passenger, and terminal services. As a part of a divestiture of American Airline’s non-core business, AMR Services Corporation was sold to Castle Harlan, which named the purchased business Worldwide Flight Services. In 2001, the VINCI Group acquired WFS, and operated it as part of the VINCI Airport Management division. In 2002, the VINCI Group procured a majority stake holding in EFS (formerly SEN Group) and integrated this business within the WFS portfolio. WFS was acquired by Platinum Equity in Oct-2015.
WFS offers three business lines: Cargo Handling, Ground Handling Services (Baggage, Ramp, Fuelling, Passenger) and Technical Services.
WFS was acquired by SATS for an enterprise value of EUR2.25 billion on 03-Apr-2023. WFS is a fully owned subsidiary of SATS.
98 airports were supplied with ground handling services by Worldwide Flight Services (WFS)
- Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
- Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
- Baltimore/Washington International Airport
- Barcelona-El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport
- Boston Logan International Airport
- Brussels Airport
- Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
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