Swissport to provide ground handling and cargo services for Atlas Air at Liege Airport
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Background ✨
Liege Airport stated Kuehne+Nagel planned to expand air freight operations there with Atlas Air Worldwide support, including deploying Boeing 747-8F aircraft on long haul routes and enhancing express, charter and temperature controlled services backed by digital tracking platforms1. Swissport expanded its Liege cargo footprint, opening a 5500sqm second-line import parcel warehouse that lifted its on-airport cargo space to 9000sqm, with capacity for up to 300 tonnes per day2. Swissport also opened an airside perishable handling centre at Liege on 01-Aug-2025 with capacity for 40 ULDs3. Swissport MD cargo division Belgium Wilfried Jans said Swissport would provide ramp handling for MSC Air Cargo's Boeing 777 fleet at Liege4.