Ethiopian Cargo has appointed Air consult and ATC Aviation Services as its new general sales and service agents (GSSA) in Italy and France effective from June 24 and July 16 respectively.
ATC Aviation Services, a Germany-based GSSA, has 32 offices worldwide. The company has already been serving as a GSSA for Ethiopian in Germany and Austria.
Italy-based Air Consult has been operating in the airline industry for more than 24 years as general sales and service agent.
Fitsum Abady, managing director of Ethiopian Cargo services, said: “Appointing these two well experienced cargo GSSAs will surely improve our accessibility to the market, increase market share and improve customer service delivery in our major cargo hub, Europe.
“Hence, we call up on our valued customers in Italy and France to use these outlets and benefit the huge, seamless freighter and passenger cargo capacity.”
Ethiopian Cargo Services is the second largest strategic business unit of Ethiopian Airlines group and provides the largest cargo network operator in Africa.
Ethiopian Cargo, with a fleet of two Boeing 757 and six Boeing 777 all-cargo aircraft, serves 35 freighter destinations, of which 21 are in Africa, plus 11 in the Middle East and Asia and three in Europe.
