The Benelux-based specialist in the provision of used and refurbished GSE has expanded its operations in the Iberian Peninsula – and has plans for further development
Called Aviation Ground Equipment Spain, the new enterprise will reinforce AVIACO operations in the region, bringing AVIACO closer to the Spanish market and allowing it to offer its customers there a more localised service.
AVIACO CEO Danny Vranckx explains to Airside International: “We had carefully studied the market and for several reasons we came to the conclusion that Spain was the best location in which to open up [a new subsidiary].
“We had created another subsidiary in the Netherlands already and we had a bit of experience which helped us to decide the kind of company we wanted to create in Spain.”
He continues: “AVIACO management is convinced that the Spanish market represents a substantial growth potential for the company and considers that it is the right moment to invest locally.
“Our new subsidiary in Spain reflects our will to keep improving the quality of our service and the assistance to our customers in this area. I am convinced that our presence in Spain is an important step in our expansion strategy and will be a boost in our approach to other markets.”
The subsidiary has a sales office in Madrid and will open up several more workshops around Spain. “At the moment, we are already active in Madrid and Barcelona,” Vranckx notes.
As part of a wide-ranging expansion strategy, AVIACO is also now negotiating the opening of new workshop facilities in Johannesburg, South Africa and at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands, both of which are expected to be fully operative in the coming months.
Vranckx explains the thinking behind these two locations: “South Africa is a strategic location for the African market, Schiphol because we are in this part of the world.”
That programme of expansion will build on recent success. Business has been “good so far, and we are ambitious to make the company grow as the number one refurbished GSE company in the world”, he remarks.
