EGYPTAIR’s Turkish GSA, Globe Air Cargo Türkiye, has actively been involved in the airline’s transition from operating belly cargo flights in the beginning, to today’s bi-weekly A330 freighter connections complementing its scheduled passenger flights. In total, Turkish freight forwarders have access to around 105 tons of cargo capacity to Cairo, Egypt, and beyond, every week. The flights carry a wide variety of shipments including pharmaceuticals, aerospace, grains, pulses, seeds, and general cargo. Where necessary, GAC Türkiye will arrange project and part charters on behalf of the airline, and the two companies reveal that the two weekly freighters could increase to four as demand grows. “Globe Air Cargo Türkiye takes care of tender management, operational support, import sales, charters, and complete commercial operations for EGYPTAIR within Türkiye.”
Over in France, GAC France has been representing EGYPTAIR since 2010, selling capacity on its daily Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Cairo, and the two to three weekly Cairo-destined Airbus 300 freighters out of Ostende, and securing record growth: 2500+ tons in 2024, 2,670 tons in 2025, with 2026 looking good, too.
Ersun Guven, Managing Director of Globe Air Cargo Türkiye, stated: “We are EGYPTAIR’s contracted GSSA in Türkiye since 2016, and operate a dedicated team of staff to ensure fast and smooth communication at all times. There is a strong strategic connection between our two national markets, particularly as many Turkish manufacturers are located in Egypt, so load factors are high in both directions – and demand continues to grow unabatedly.”
Franck Tordjman, Managing Director of Globe Air Cargo France said: “At Globe Air Cargo, we believe three things are essential for sustainable growth: the first is establishing long-term customer relationships by demonstrating reliability and mutual understanding. The second is intelligent product positioning such as pharmaceuticals, perishables, or live animals, for example. And the third is encouraging online bookings – something we have intensively pushed, particularly for shipments below 300 kg, these past few years. The more that is booked online, the faster and more efficiently we can optimize flights using our in-house digital tools.”
Jean Ceccaldi, Chief Executive Officer of ECS Group, concluded: “EGYPTAIR’s success in Türkiye and France is testament to what a professional GSSA can deliver. The combination of local market expertise, innovative digital solutions, and a dedicated partnership that has developed and matured over time, will unfailingly result in positive growth. Globe Air Cargo, as with all ECS Group subsidiaries, aims for the perfect symbiosis of commercial efficiency and customer-centricity.”
