Tag: Liverpool Airport

Essar strikes landmark supply deal with Liverpool Airport

Essar Oil (UK) Limited, which owns and operates the Stanlow refinery in Ellesmere Port, has today announced it has signed a major new agreement with Liverpool John Lennon Airport for the direct supply of aviation fuel to commercial airlines. The new access agreement will allow Essar to supply fue...

Ancala Partners acquires 45% interest in Liverpool John Lennon Airport

Infrastructure investment manager Ancala Partners LLP, has announced the acquisition of a 45% stake in Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) for an undisclosed sum. Ancala purchased 35% of the airport from private real estate investment company, Peel Group, and 10% from Liverpool City Council (LC...

Planned Swissport strike at Liverpool John Lennon Airport to be suspended

A planned strike by baggage handlers and other airport workers at Liverpool John Lennon Airport over the bank holiday weekend is set to be suspended. Around 200 employees of the ground handling company Swissport, who are represented by the GMB union, had been due to walk out in a dispute over wa...

Swissport’s Liverpool John Lennon ground handling workers set to strike

Liverpool John Lennon Airport is set to face August Bank Holiday (26 August) travel chaos with Swissport ground handling workers set to go on strike over pay and other issues. The GMB Union said it is undertaking industrial action ballots for around 200 members working on the Swissport easyJet c...

Swissport secures five-year easyJet contract at Liverpool Airport

Swissport has been awarded a new five-year ground handling contract by long-term partner easyJet to continue delivering services at Liverpool Airport, commencing January 2019. The company will provide passenger and baggage handling services for over 2.4 million customers and ramp handling for over ...

Liverpool Airport gives cleaning contract to Westgrove Group

Warrington based soft services facilities management specialist The Westgrove Group has won its second aviation contract this year. The fast growing company has been awarded a new cleaning contract for the Air Traffic Control building at Liverpool John Lennon Airport. It follows hard on the he...

Liverpool Airport to face ‘chaos’ as union members strike

John Lennon Airport in Liverpool is anticipating a 'travel chaos' this summer as union strikes are set to go ahead, according to GMB. The union stated: "Liverpool Airport Ltd has failed to meet the aspirations of the GMB members, who have rejected the company’s proposed below inflation pay offe...

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