Menzies Aviation secures new ground handling license in Peru

Menzies Aviation has secured a new ground handling license to deliver passenger and ramp services at Lima’s Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM), the main international and domestic airport in Peru. In a competitive bidding process, Menzies was selected for its expertise and experience in d...

Swissport adds Palma de Mallorca to its network

Swissport has initiated operations at Palma de Mallorca (PMI), Spain's third-largest airport. Swissport has deployed a team of 300 passenger service agents and ramp handling professionals to handle some 220 flights a week during the travel peak over Easter. Initially the company serves airline...
Aer Lingus to provide ground handling for IAG carriers at Dublin Airport

Aer Lingus to provide ground handling for IAG carriers at Dublin Airport

Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus has been awarded a contract to provide ground handling services for IAG carriers at Dublin Airport. Under the agreement, IAG-owned carriers British Airways, Iberia Express and Vueling will have their aircraft served by Aer Lingus at DUB starting June this year. Th...

DHL to manage easyJet's ground handling operations at Liverpool Airport

DHL to manage easyJet’s ground handling operations at Liverpool Airport

DHL Supply Chain has signed a new five-year contract to handle easyJet's ground handling operations at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, it was announced last week. The new contract expands the long-standing partnership between DHL and easyJet, which launched in 2017 when DHL was appointed to manage...

Lufthansa cabin staff strikes set to affect 120,000 passengers this week

Lufthansa cabin staff strikes set to affect 120,000 passengers this week

Lufthansa said around 120,000 passengers will be affected by strikes this week as cabin staff are set to walk out across key German airports. This week Lufthansa staff will go on strike at Frankfurt and Munich airports on 12 March and 13 March, respectively. Totalling 1,000 flights, Lufthansa ...

dnata CEO: 'Sustainable GSE will help reduce our carbon footprint by 50% by 2030 compared to 2022'

dnata CEO: ‘Sustainable GSE will help reduce our carbon footprint by 50% by 2030 compared to 2022’

Sustainability is "at the heart of what we do", dnata CEO Steve Allen told journalists recently when he shared the ground handler's carbon footprint reduction strategy for 2030. Last week, Airside was invited to tour dnata's Dubai headquarters and airport facilities, where the ground handling bos...

More from Ground Handling

Aviator Airport Alliance wins “Sustainability Award 2024” from Lufthansa Group

Aviator Airport Alliance, a full-range provider of aviation services at 15 airports across the Nordics, has announced it has been awarded the "Sustainability Award 2024" by Lufthansa Group at their Arlanda station, marking a significant achievement in its partnership. This award, the first of its...

Menzies Aviation bolsters leadership in Portugal

Menzies Aviation has announced a series of high-level appointments to support the expansion of its commercial and operational footprint in Southern Europe. In Portugal, Rui Gomes has been appointed as Vice President Portugal, joining from Samsic Portugal where he held the position of COO, oversee...

Vietjet air and Swissport sign memorandum of understanding

Swissport International AG has been selected by Vietnamese low-cost carrier Vietjet Air to provide a wide range of airport ground services. Swissport will also support and advise Vietjet Air in developing state-of-the-art air cargo handling services as well as managing air cargo centres to the hi...

Çelebi Aviation Holding signed UN women’s empowerment principles

As part of its sustainability strategy, Çelebi Aviation Holding has committed to the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs). Supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals within its operations and the communities in which it operates, Çelebi Aviation Holding is looking to ensure gender equalit...

Belgrade Airport transfers ground handling services to Menzies Aviation

Belgrade Airport announces Menzies Aviation has started providing full ground handling services at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. From 5 March 2024, the aviation services provider will provide ramp handling and baggage, de-icing and passenger services. It will also provide PRM services and air...

Swissport selected by Ethiopian Airlines for ground services and air cargo handling

Swissport has been successful in winning Ethiopian Airlines as a new customer at Zurich and Geneva airports, handling the airline`s air cargo at Geneva Airport and providing full airport ground services such as passenger and ramp services at both locations. Bruno Stefani, CEO of the DACH, Italy a...

Swissport to provide Aegean Airlines passenger and ramp services

From the end of June 2024, Swissport will take over airport ground services for more than 750 annual flights operated by Aegean Airlines from Zurich. The flight activity varies with the seasons; notably, the airline operates a substantially higher number of flights at Zurich Airport during the su...

Menzies Aviation appoints new vice president of sales to accelerate growth in North America

Menzies Aviation, the leading service partner to the world’s airports and airlines, has announced the appointment of Scott Sirianni as Vice President of Sales for the Americas region. Scott joins Menzies from American Airlines where he most recently served as Director of Multinational Accounts....

Al-Ula in Saudi Arabia joins Swissport’s network

Swissport has added Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz International Airport at Al-Ula (ULH) to its growing network in Saudi Arabia. Swissport will provide Royal Jordanian with passenger services and ramp handling at Al-Ula. Initially, Swissport will handle two weekly flights to and from Amman....

Skytanking signs 6-year ground handling partnership with Ryanair

Skytanking signs 6-year ground handling partnership with Ryanair

Skytanking and Ryanair this week announced a 6-year ground handling partnership at "key airports" across Europe. Effective from April this year, the partnership will see the aviation services provider support Ryanair’s growing operation with ground handling services across European airports, su...

WISAG digitises air freight processing with EPG’s Cargo Handling System

The long-standing relationship between aviation experts EPG (Ehrhardt Partner Group) and WISAG Aviation Service Holding has reached another milestone with the successful introduction of the CARGO Handling System at Berlin-Brandenburg, Hamburg and Münster-Osnabrück airports. This renewed collabo...

DHL workers at East Midlands Airport to strike further 14 days

DHL workers at East Midlands Airport to strike further 14 days

Members of the trade union Unite employed by DHL Aviation at East Midlands Airport will "dramatically escalate" the industrial action set to begin tomorrow with a further 14 days of strikes. Unite announced on 31 January that its members would walk out on the airport over a pay dispute with DHL A...

Baltic Ground Services Group appoints Vytautas Cekanavicius as the new CEO

Baltic Ground Services (BGS) Group, an international provider of ground handling, aviation fuel supply, and logistics services, and a part of the Ireland-based Avia Solutions Group, announces changes in the management team. Vytautas Cekanavicius, who previously held the position of Head of Fuelin...

Clay Lacy complete Gulfstream ground handling training program

More than 60 Clay Lacy Aviation line service technicians have completed Gulfstream-authorized ground handling and service training for Gulfstream aircraft. The specialized training developed by Gulfstream Aerospace and FlightSafety International is designed to improve dispatch reliability and inc...

Swissport Italy invests €11mn in green ground support vehicles

Swissport Italy invests €11mn in green ground support vehicles

Swissport Italy has committed €11mn to invest in sustainable ground support vehicles at Rome Fiumicino Airport - a "significant share" of which will be electric. The announcement comes as the ground handler looks to reaffirm its ambition to increase the share of electric vehicles in its fleet t...

.