Tag: Italy

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...

Airport Handling set to launch operations at Rome Fiumicino Airport

dnata’s Airport Handling to launch operations at Rome Fiumicino

Airport Handling has been awarded a seven-year ground handling license by Aeroporti di Roma and will establish operations at Rome Fiumicino Airport. The company, a majority-owned subsidiary of dnata, is aiming to launch operations in the Italian capital in the second quarter of 2024. It will p...

Swissport Wins ITA Airways as New Customer at Zurich and Geneva Airports

Swissport has been selected by ITA Airways to provide ground services at Zurich and Geneva airports for three years, effective 31 March 2023. The newly concluded contract covers passenger services (check-in, boarding), baggage and aircraft handling (transport of baggage, aircraft loading and unlo...

Swissport Continues to Expand in Italy

Swissport has been awarded the ground handling business at Milan-Linate Airport, Italy, from Alitalia – Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A. in extraordinary administration – and will be providing airport ground handling services such as check-in, gate and boarding, airport lounge hospitality and lost...

Swissport awarded ground handling business of Alitalia at Rome-Fiumicino

Swissport has been awarded the ground handling business at Rome-Fiumicino Airport, Italy, from Alitalia in extraordinary administration. In accordance with the regulatory framework, Swissport is preparing to start the consultation with the trade unions. Once the consultation proceedings have b...

Aeroporti di Puglia signs agreement for full-service rental and GSE with TCR Italia

Aeroporti di Puglia has signed an agreement for full-service rental and GSE (ground support equipment) maintenance with TCR Italia starting from 15 March, 2019. By means of this agreement, Aeroporti di Puglia, which operates Bari, Brindisi, Foggia and Taranto airports tackles the management of th...

Milan Bergamo Airport opens new infrastructure projects

Milan Bergamo Airport in recent days has opened several new infrastructure projects, further improving aircraft operations, terminal capacity and the passenger experience. Having handled over 11.97 million passengers during the first 11 months of 2018, up 4.92 per cent versus the same period of 2...

Italian airport operator launches official WeChat channel

SEA Prime, the Italian airport operator, has announced its launch of an official WeChat account motivated by the wealth of Chinese tourism to the country. The operator noted: "Every year, more than half a million Chinese tourists land at Milan airports and shop across the quadrilatero luxury dist...

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