Globe Air Cargo charts EGYPTAIR’s freight success
In its first decade of partnership, Globe Air Cargo Türkiye has supported EGYPTAIR’s transition from a purely belly cargo connection to becoming one of the top ten carriers serving Türkiye. Alongside its scheduled passenger flights, Egypt’s national airline now also operates two Airbus 330 freighters per week.
Today, EGYPTAIR offers 105 tonnes of freight capacity each week on its scheduled flights out of Istanbul to Cairo. On board is a broad mix of commodities from pharmaceuticals to aerospace, grains, pulses, seeds, and a variety of general cargo.
“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,” Ersun Guven, Managing Director of Globe Air Cargo Türkiye, explains. “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.”
EGYPTAIR and Globe Air Cargo share common values in flexibility and customer-centricity, and therefore also focus on project and part charter production as a means of developing business. What began with scheduled passenger flights between Cairo and Istanbul, has now grown to include two weekly freighters, with the option to increase these to four weekly freighter services to match market expansion. Globe Air Cargo Türkiye takes care of tender management, operational support, import sales, charters, and complete commercial operations for EGYPTAIR within Türkiye.
It is a similar success story in France, where Globe Air Cargo France has been representing EGYPTAIR since 2010. The French GSSA team markets the cargo capacity of EGYPTAIR’s daily Boeing 787 Dreamliner out of Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Cairo and the two to three weekly Cairo-destined Airbus 300 freighters out of Ostende. Globe Air Cargo France’s focus is on positioning Cairo as a regional hub for trans-shipments to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as well as to Dubai, and South Africa’s Johannesburg. 2026 is set to be the third successive year of record-breaking cargo tonnage out of France, growing from 2500+ tonnes in 2024, to 2,670 tonnes in 2025, and a similar growth prognosis for this year.
Franck Tordjman, Managing Director of Globe Air Cargo France states: “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 optimise flights using our in-house digital tools.”
“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,” says Jean Ceccaldi, Chief Executive Officer of ECS Group. “Globe Air Cargo, as with all ECS Group subsidiaries, aims for the perfect symbiosis of commercial efficiency and customer-centricity.”
