Ground Handling
Swissport wins Bulgaria Lufthansa contract
The Lufthansa Group has awarded Swissport in Bulgaria a comprehensive mandate for airport ground services
Pulkovo introduces mobile handling crews
Pulkovo Airport outside St Petersburg in Russia
is to introduce 12 "mobile crews" for aircraft
ground handling
Iberia Airport Services invests in sustainability
Iberia Airport Services (IBAS), the Spanish carrier’s handling business, is to invest more than €100m in its sustainability plan
Geneva extends Swissport handling license
Swissport has again been awarded the license to provide airport ground services at Geneva International Airport in Switzerland
Groundforce Portugal gets HLT upgrade
HLT will upgrade Groundforce Portugal to Hermes Software as a Service, its cloud-based Hermes 5 cargo management system
Cargo iQ updates Encore platform
Air cargo quality standards group Cargo iQ has updated its offset management platform Encore to give ground handling agents greater visibility
Iberia wins funding for equipment
Iberia Airport Services (IBAS) has received €14.2m from the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving for the renewal of its ground equipment
Universal Aviation Spain completes acquisition
FBO, ground handler and supervisory agent provider Universal Aviation Spain has acquired all seven Andalucia Aviation handling offices
SATS completes WFS acquisition
SATS has completed its €1.3bn acquisition of Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) from an affiliate
of Cerberus Capital Management
UK completes airport ground ops review
The government has set out key areas for the aviation industry to focus on to avoid repeating last summer’s travel disruption
SAA Cargo and Menzies to work together
South African Airways (SAA) Cargo has appointed Menzies Aviation to provide air cargo services at three key international airports
Fraport tests autonomous vehicles
German airport operator Fraport is trialling an autonomous baggage and cargo tractor on an 8km test route within Frankfurt Airport’s secure area