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Swissport Geneva scores twin successes: new seven-year operating licence and new business launch
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Geneva/Zurich, 7 July 2009 - Swissport Geneva is delighted to reporttwo major successes. The Geneva arm of the world's leading providerof ground services to the aviation sector has had its operatinglicence extended for a further seven years to 2016 by airportauthority AIG; and Swissport Geneva will also be jointly founding anew company named GVAssistance to offer special services at theairport, initially for a five-year period. Both licences were securedfollowing open tender invitations, further underlining Swissport'sstrong standing at this key airport location.The awarding of operating licences is never a foregone conclusion,even for operators that have been established for years at thelocation concerned. In the dynamic and fiercely-contested aviationbusiness, it takes a major effort to maintain (and preferably furtherexpand) even an existing position. In view of this, Swissport Genevais delighted to have obtained a seven-year extension of its presentlicence to provide the full range of passenger and cargo groundhandling services at Geneva Airport, and to have done so againstinternational competition.GVAssistance: a new company for a new business activityIn parallel to the new operating licence, Geneva airport authorityAIG also invited tenders for a new "special services" business. Here,too, Swissport was awarded the five-year licence on offer, as themajority shareholder (together with a further business partner) inthe winning submission. The new company, which will be calledGVAssistance and will start operations with some 70 personnel, willfocus on providing special assistance services for disabledtravellers and unaccompanied minors. GVAssistance will draw itsworkforce from existing Geneva personnel, and is scheduled tocommence operations on 1 November."We are extremely pleased with this double success," says ErnestHochuli, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of SwissportGeneva. "In awarding us these two long-term operating licences,Geneva Airport has not only underlined its confidence in our company;it has also, and above all, reasserted its faith in its ownsuccessful strategy of ensuring faultless ground services. I amdelighted, too, for everyone at Swissport Geneva who helps usconsistently deliver such top-quality services every day of theirworking lives."Swissport Geneva has a workforce of 1 300 personnel and handles over50 000 flights and 30 000 tonnes of cargo a year for 45 airlinecustomers.Swissport International Ltd., which is owned by Ferrovial, a leadingglobal infrastructure and service corporation based in Spain,provides ground services for over 70 million passengers and 3.5million tonnes of cargo a year on behalf of some 650 clientcompanies. With its workforce of around 33 000 personnel, Swissportis active at 173 airports in 38 countries on five continents, andgenerated consolidated operating revenue of CHF 1.9 billion (EUR 1.2billion or USD 1.7 billion) last year. www.swissport.com /www.ferrovial.comSwissport International Ltd.Corporate CommunicationsP.O. BoxCH-8058 Zurich AirportMedia contact:Marketing Dynamics AGCH-8152 GlattbruggPhone: +41 43 812 4950Mobile: +41 79 638 9939Fax: +41 43 321 2560Email: beerli(at)mdynamics.chPlease click the following links for media release in pdf andpicture:http://hugin.info/133514/R/1327393/312712.pdfhttp://hugin.info/133514/R/1327393/312713.jpgThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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