Swissport appoints Ricky Saghir as Commercial Director of its cargo business in Germany, Austria and Hungary

Ricky Saghir spent the last 27 years of his career with German Lufthansa where he acquired a solid experience of aviation, passenger and freight services and all related activities. Ricky Saghir joined the freight subsidiary Lufthansa Cargo AG in 2000, where he headed the team for worldwide purchase of handling services. Amongst the milestones of Ricky’s cargo career were a joint venture, heading the local cargo sales team in Frankfurt, Trade Lane Management for the Southeast Asia Region, and lately Global Key Account Manager, responsible for and tending to one of the top 10 customers of Lufthansa Cargo AG on a worldwide scale.

“We are delighted with Ricky Saghir’s appointment,” says Peter Kohl, CEO Germany / Austria and Hungary. “We are confident that in assuming his new duties as Commercial Director for Germany and Eastern Europe, Ricky with all his experience will push our sales activities and customer care on a broad scale. We wish him every success and satisfaction.\"

Contact details of Peter Kohl and Ricky Saghir:

Swissport Cargo Services Deutschland GmbH
Frankfurt-Airport Cargo City Sued
Geb. 558 C
D-60549 Frankfurt-Airport 

Telephone Number Peter Kohl: +49 (0) 69 219797 10
Mobile Number Peter Kohl: +49 (0) 176 12270502
E-Mail address: peter.kohl@swissport.com 

Telephone Number Ricky Saghir: +49 (0) 69 219797 132
Mobile Number Ricky Saghir: +49 (0) 176 12270501 
E-Mail address: ricky.saghir@swissport.com  

 Swissport Cargo Services Germany overview:  

• 10 stations
• 350 employees
• 24 hours operation in Frankfurt 
• Trucking Network  
• Swissport Quality Management- and Monitoring-System
• Customer Service Level Agreements
• Inhouse Handlingsystem Cargospot with interfaces to Customer IT Systems
• C2K Member
• State of the Art Security Equipment (X-Ray, Sniffing) and Procedures 
• More than 50 airline customers

Swissport International Ltd., which is owned by Ferrovial, a leading global infrastructure and service corporation based in Spain, provides ground services for over 70 million passengers and 3.5 million tonnes of cargo a year on behalf of some 650 client companies. With its workforce of around 32 000 personnel, Swissport is active at 179 airports in 38 countries on five continents, and generated consolidated operating revenue of CHF 1.9 billion (EUR 1.25 billion or USD 1.9 billion) last year. www.swissport.com / www.ferrovial.com