11.05.2012 || Swissport acquires Flightcare Spain & Belgium
Swissport, the world’s leading provider of ground services to the aviation sector, is to acquire Flightcare Spain and Flightcare Belgium from FCC Versia, significantly expanding Swissport’s network in Spain and allowing it to become a full-service provider at Brussels Airport by adding ground handling services to its portfolio.
04.08.2010 || Swissport and Swiss International Air Lines sign new five-year agreement
Swissport International, the world’s leading provider of ground services to the aviation sector, and Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) have extended their highly successful collaboration. The new contract for 2010-2015 covers all ground handling at SWISS’s three Swiss airports, with a total annual volume of some 64 000 flights.
20.07.2010 || Swissport awarded passenger assistance concession for eight Spanish airports
Spain’s state airport operator AENA has awarded Swissport International, the world’s leading provider of ground handling services to the aviation sector, a concession to provide care and assistance at eight Spanish airports for travellers with restricted mobility. The two-year concession enters into effect at the end of July.
17.06.2010 || Swissport Cargo Services named Air Cargo Handling Agent of the Year
Swissport Cargo Services, the airfreight division of Swissport International, the world’s leading provider of ground handling services to the aviation sector, has been named Air Cargo Handling Agent of the Year 2010 for the second year in succession. The distinction was bestowed at Air Cargo World in Shanghai.
01.02.2010 || Personnel changes within the Swissport cargo organisation
Swissport International, the world’s leading provider of ground services to the aviation sector, has announced two personnel changes within its cargo organisation. Wouter Brand assumes overall responsibility for Swissport’s Dutch airfreight handling, while Francisco Gonçalves takes charge of cargo handling in Brazil. Both appointees assume their duties with immediate effect.
01.11.2009 || Swissport and easyJet to extend their successful collaboration in Geneva
Swissport International, the world’s leading provider of ground services to the aviation sector, is to extend its existing cooperation agreement with leading European low-cost carrier easyJet for a further four years. The accord, which is of major importance to both partners, covers the provision of ground services at Geneva Airport for some 31 000 movements a year.
25.02.2008 || Swissport wins licence on Cyprus
Swissport International is further expanding its network: the world’s biggest provider of ground services to the aviation industry has obtained the licences (for a period of 7 years) to provide ground services at Larnaca and Paphos airports on Cyprus, together with its partners G.A.P. Vassilopoulos and Cyprus Airways.
14.05.2012 :: SAS unterzeichnet Joint Venture mit Singapore Airlines
Die Vorstandsvorsitzenden der Fluggesellschaften SAS und Singapore Airlines, Rickard Gustafson und Goh Choon Phong, haben ein Joint Venture-Abkommen unterzeichnet. Ziel ist die Abstimmung der Flugpläne und die Durchführung gemeinsamer Verkaufsmaßnahmen. Die Maßnahmen sind abhängig von den Genehmigungen durch die jeweiligen Behörden. ● mehr...
11.05.2012 :: Swissport acquires Flightcare Spain & Belgium
Swissport, the world’s leading provider of ground services to the aviation sector, is to acquire Flightcare Spain and Flightcare Belgium from FCC Versia, significantly expanding Swissport’s network in Spain and allowing it to become a full-service provider at Brussels Airport by adding ground handling services to its portfolio. ● mehr...