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ECS Group to act as Finnair's general sales agent in south east Asia
THE ECS Group is to represent Finnair as its new general sales and services agent (GSSA) in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia and Singapore.
Under the contract, ECS Group will market, promote and sell cargo products on behalf of Finnair on its passenger flights operating from several destinations across Asia into its European and North American network, reported Mumbai's STAT Trade Times.
The airline operates two daily flights from Bangkok; daily flights from Hong Kong; five flights a week from Singapore; plus flights from Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, Xi抋n and Guangzhou in China; Incheon in South Korea; and Narita, Nagoya, Osaka and seasonal Fukuoka in Japan, with a fleet of mainly Airbus 350s and A330s that offer cargo capacity of 15 to 20 tonnes per flight.
"Finnair provides a solid network and ECS Group will contribute to its deployment. The recent acquisition we made of AVS enables us to offer the strongest sales power and most determined teams in Asia to serve the airline," said CEO Middle East and Far East, ECS Group, Jonas Drewsen.
"Also, Finnair and Jetstar (for whom we perform a Total Cargo Management contract) offering complementary scheduled destinations in Asia. This will add synergies of interline services, and feeder connections between them," Mr Drewsen said.
Under the contract, ECS Group will market, promote and sell cargo products on behalf of Finnair on its passenger flights operating from several destinations across Asia into its European and North American network, reported Mumbai's STAT Trade Times.
The airline operates two daily flights from Bangkok; daily flights from Hong Kong; five flights a week from Singapore; plus flights from Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, Xi抋n and Guangzhou in China; Incheon in South Korea; and Narita, Nagoya, Osaka and seasonal Fukuoka in Japan, with a fleet of mainly Airbus 350s and A330s that offer cargo capacity of 15 to 20 tonnes per flight.
"Finnair provides a solid network and ECS Group will contribute to its deployment. The recent acquisition we made of AVS enables us to offer the strongest sales power and most determined teams in Asia to serve the airline," said CEO Middle East and Far East, ECS Group, Jonas Drewsen.
"Also, Finnair and Jetstar (for whom we perform a Total Cargo Management contract) offering complementary scheduled destinations in Asia. This will add synergies of interline services, and feeder connections between them," Mr Drewsen said.
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