Swissport Wins Its Sixth Straight 'Cargo Agent Of The Year' Award

June 24, 2014
Air Cargo Week readers give ground service provider top marks for 'scope of service, the investment in people and technology as well as service standards and quality.'

Swissport International, the world’s leading provider of ground and cargo handling services to the aviation industry, was awarded “Air Cargo Handling Agent of the Year 2014” by “Air Cargo Week”. The readers acknowledged Swissport’s efforts to satisfy the needs of cargo customers by conferring this highly regarded decoration to the company for the sixth consecutive year.

Each year, “Air Cargo Week” presents the global airfreight industry’s premier awards event, the ACW World Air Cargo Awards. This renowned event recogniszs excellence in ten different categories, one of which is the “Air Cargo Handling Agent of the Year”. Readers can judge the participating companies by the scope of service, the investment in people and technology as well as service standards and quality.

The award ceremony took place during a glamorous gala dinner at Kerry Hotel in Pudong, Shanghai, on the evening of Wednesday, 18th June, during the Air Cargo China 2014. The award was handed over to Rudolf Steiner, SVP Global Cargo Sales & Account Management at Swissport, who comments: “I am thrilled that we have won this award for the sixth time in a row. I would like to congratulate the team, as this is clearly the result of the committed teamwork at each single station at airports around the world. I would like to thank our customers for their continued loyalty and trust in the services we provide for them.”