Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has secured a five-year ground handling contract at Birmingham Airport for Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline.

WFS is recruiting a team of 160 staff at the UK airport in preparation for the start of the contract on 23 October 2019, when it takes responsibility for managing Flybe’s passenger services, baggage handling and ramp operations.

Flybe’s DeHavilland Q400 and Embraer aircraft operate from Birmingham serving 10 destinations in the UK, Channel Islands and Ireland as well as 11 of Europe’s most popular leisure and business routes in France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.