West Atlantic AB (publ): Announces new, expanded contract with Royal Mail Group Plc
West Atlantic has been awarded a contract by Royal Mail Group (UK) to add additional aircraft to its network in 2017. The contract, which commences in January 2017, will run for a duration of five years and will consist of nine Boeing 737s and three British Aerospace ATP aircraft.
The award comes following a public procurement process during which Royal Mail conducted an extensive evaluation of solutions designed to support its domestic air network in the UK. West Atlantic was selected to be the sole provider of aircraft capable of carrying between 8-21 tonnes. Once fully implemented, the award will increase Group revenue by approximately 25% annually.
" We are delighted with the results of this tender process " says West Atlantic CEO, Fredrik Groth, " This award represents a significant commitment from Royal Mail Group to implement an extremely high quality network of dedicated cargo aircraft to support its world class delivery service for the next five years. "
Final contract will be subject to Board approval and is expected to be completed in the upcoming weeks.
For further information, please contact:
Fredrik Groth,
CEO
Russell Ladkin,
Chief Commercial Officer
Telephone: +46 (0) 10 452 97 09 Telephone: + 44 77 8880 7773
Email:
Fredrik.Groth@westatlantic.eu
E-mail: Russell.Ladkin@westatlantic.eu
About West Atlantic
The West Atlantic Group is one of the market leading providers of dedicated air freight services to European NMO's and air freight capacity to Global Integrators and Freight Forwarders. The Group has a well-established geographic network and operates an aircraft fleet of 48 customised aircraft, whereof a majority is wholly owned. West Atlantic was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. Operations are performed all over Europe and per December 31 2015 West Atlantic had 511 employees. For 2015 West Atlantic reported revenues of MSEK 1,410 and EBITDA of MSEK 178.
West Atlantic AB (publ) Org. no: 556503-6083, Box 5433, SE-402 29 Gothenburg, Sweden
Investor Relations:
investor.relations@westatlantic.eu
Webpage:
www.westatlantic.eu
West Atlantic discloses the information in this release pursuant to the Swedish Securities Market Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instrument Trading Act .
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein.
Source: West Atlantic AB (publ) via GlobeNewswire
