All Ground Handler Articles – Page 48
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Platinum Equity completes WFS takeover
Investment fund Platinum Equity has completed the acquisition of global airport cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) from LBO France. Financial terms were not disclosed.Platinum’s takeover of WFS – first disclosed in April this year – adds to its aviation portfolio a company present at over 145 major airports in ...
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Exclusive content: Handling tremors raise opportunities and service questions
The cargo handling scene has undergone tectonic shifts this summer, with tremors that have involved the largest players.Dnata acquired Aviapartner's handling operations at Amsterdam, HNA Group agreed to fork out a cool Sfr2.73bn for Swissport and Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) – itself the object of a takeover by an equity ...
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Flight at the end of the tunnel for cargo screening
Rapiscan Systems has launched a long tunnel cargo security screening scanner designed to meet the technology requirements of air cargo carriers.The 638DV 320kV (pictured) was specifically designed to increase throughput and meet international regulatory requirements to support a more efficient security design, said US-based Rapiscan.It stated: “Government entities across the ...
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Tractor factor: Skylink wins IAG handling contract at Schiphol
Skylink Handling Services, the ground handling arm of Germany’s Rhenus Group, has been appointed by IAG Cargo as its air cargo handler at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.Skylink was awarded a three-year contract, which became effective from August 2015, by the airfreight division of British Airways and Iberia.Frans Meerens, branch manager, Skylink, ...
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BCUBE gains Malpensa CEIV for pharma
Italy-based airport handler BCUBE Air Cargo has received IATA’s CEIV certification (Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators) for pharmaceutical handling at its Malpensa Logistica Europa facility.The Malpensa airport certification follows CEIV accreditation for the company’s Fiumicino airport hub in July this year.BCUBE Air Cargo, part of the Italian logistics group ...
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Astra gains Mozambique ground handling licence
Astra Aviation Services has been issued with a licence to provide ground handling services for passengers, aircraft, cargo, and mail in Mozambique.The licence was issued by the Mozambican Civil Aviation Institute (IACM), the country’s recognised Civil Aviation Authority, and is effective immediately.UK-based Astra, a flight services provider for Africa, said ...
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Swissport lands Oman Air ground handling role
Swissport International is to take over Oman Air’s cargo handling at London Heathrow, Munich, Frankfurt and Paris Charles de Gaulle. It will take over full cargo handling services for Oman Air at London Heathrow on 3 September followed by a phased transition at the other three stations, with completion by ...
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United Airlines enters ground handler market
There was another development in the fast-changing ground handling industry today when United Airlines announced it had decided to enter the market.United Ground Express, which will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of United, will provide ground handling services including customer service, station operations, and ramp and cargo services at select airports ...
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WFS expands at Heathrow
Cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services has signed a lease for a “significant” new facility at the Heathrow Cargo Centre (HCC).Property owner Airport Property Partnership (APP), owned by SEGRO and Aviva Investors, said WFS had signed up to take a 7,650 sq m airside unit at HCC.Alan Holland, director of APP ...
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Ground handling shake-up continues as HNA swoops on Swissport in Sfr2.7bn deal
The fast-changing ground handling industry today saw a second major takeover take place within a week when China’s HNA Group swooped on Swissport in a Sfr2.73bn deal.HNA, owner of China’s fourth-largest airline, Hainan Airlines, said Zurich-based Swissport would remain a standalone business within the group and added that it would ...
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HNA Group to acquire Swissport Group from PAI Partners SAS
Swissport Group has announced that PAI Partners SAS has today agreed to the sale of Swissport to HNA Group Co, a global enterprise group based in Haikou, China. Swissport, the world´s largest ground and cargo handling company, will remain as a stand-alone business within HNA Group, complementing HNA’s existing activities ...
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Ground handler shake-up continues as dnata swoops on Amsterdam business
The shake-up of the ground handling industry continued today as dnata announced it had struck a deal to acquire Aviapartner’s cargo handling operations at Schiphol airport.The deal will see dnata gain Aviapartner’s 44,000sq m of warehouse space, where it handles 360,000 tonnes of cargo each year and employs 430 staff.The ...
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LuxairCargo ready to go green
Luxair Group’s airfreight handling division LuxairCargo says it is one of the first four companies to apply for a ‘Lean & Green’ label from the Luxembourg Government.The scheme was launched in June 2014 by the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructures in collaboration with Cluster for Logistics, which promotes and ...
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Shanghai surge: PACTL sees half year tonnages up 10.9%
Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal (PACTL) saw a 7.2% rise in airfreight volumes to nearly 130,000 tonnes in June versus same month 2014, resulting in a 10.9% year-on-year growth for the first six months of 2015 to 762,000 tonnes.The 2015 half-year cargo throughput, the highest in the company’s history, ...
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Swissport revenue surge as air cargo recovers
Acquisitions, new business and a recovering air cargo industry saw Swissport report a 38 per cent increase in 2014 revenues to SFr2.9bn.The Switzerland-based provider of airport ground and cargo handling services said that aviation industry trends last year included outsourcing, growing passenger numbers in line with capacities and “an air ...
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Hactl passes GDP audit
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has passed its World Health Organisation (WHO) Good Distribution Practices (GDP) annual surveillance audit.The audit is required in order to maintain GDP accreditation. Hong Kong’s largest cargo handler achieved GDP accreditation – covering the provision of handling, logistics and storage services for pharmaceuticals ...
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Swissport to acquire majority stake in Aviation Fuel Services
Swissport International has signed an agreement to buy Air BP’s share in Aviation Fuel Services (AFS).The Swiss-based provider of ground and cargo handling services is taking over Air BP’s 50% stake in AFC (the AFS holding company) and its 33.3% direct stake in AFS, as well as all AFC and ...
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China's HNA close to buying Swissport, says Bloomberg
China’s HNA Group Co is in talks to acquire airport handler Swissport International, according to the Bloomberg news agency, citing “people familiar with the matter”.Swissport’s private-equity owner PAI Partners SAS is seeking about $3bn from a sale, claimed Bloomberg, adding: “Negotiations could still fall apart, as the two parties have ...
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Swissport International expands in Austria
Ground handler Swissport International has signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture that will provide air cargo services at Graz Airport, the third biggest regional airport in Austria.The start of the operations for the joint venture, Swissport Cargo Services Graz, is planned for the beginning of 2016. ...
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Frankfurt perishables centre celebrates 20 years
Perishable Center Frankfurt (PCF) has celebrated its 20th anniversary.PCF operates temperature-controlled logistics at the German hub, with direct access to the airport apron.Joachim von Winning, managing director of Air Cargo Community Frankfurt, said: "For airfreight at Frankfurt Airport, PCF is a very important factor, from which the hypermarkets, supermarkets and ...