Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a SATS company, has announced Thomas Schürmann will take up the post of Managing Director Germany of its subsidiary Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS) in April.
Thomas will join FCS having previously served as Head of Cargo Operations & Delivery at Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi. Current FCS Managing Director, Claus Wagner, remains with the group, and will take over the management of the Frankfurt operation of parent company Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a world-leading provider of aviation and air cargo solutions, to drive forward the development of freight forwarding and e-commerce handling services.
Thomas Schürmann has more than 20 years’ experience in international management and cargo operations. Most recently, he was responsible for Etihad’s global cargo operations at over 80 international passenger and cargo stations. Through his work at Etihad, and previously at Flughafen Düsseldorf Cargo GmbH, he will combine his airline and ground handling expertise to position FCS for a secure future, supported by a strong customer focus.
Claus Wagner has been Managing Director of FCS since 2019 and has successfully guided the company and expanded its position as the largest airline-independent freight handler at Frankfurt Airport. A business graduate with more than 30 years of experience in logistics, prior to joining FCS he served in senior executive positions including Chief Financial Officer at Europcar and Chief Operating Officer at DPD. He will now leverage this experience to expand WFS’s freight forwarding and e-commerce activities in Frankfurt. In January, WFS commenced operations in two warehouses and two office buildings on a 24,000 m² site within the airport’s Cargo City South with the capacity to handle some 100,000 tonnes of import and export freight annually for e-commerce and freight forwarding clients.
“With the appointment of Thomas Schürmann, we have significantly strengthened our already outstanding team in Frankfurt and are strongly positioned to achieve our ambitious goals at this important cargo hub,” said John Batten, CEO of WFS Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia (EMEAA). “I am delighted that Claus Wagner will remain with our company in his new position as Managing Director of WFS Frankfurt. I have known and valued him for many years and am convinced that he is the right person to decisively advance our new freight forwarding and e-commerce business in Frankfurt. I wish them both a good start in their new positions and look forward to the coming years with the utmost confidence.”
