Swissport wins Munich Airport ground handling licence
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Zurich/Stuttgart, 17 November 2009 - Swissport International, theworld's leading aviation services company, has been awarded a groundhandling licence for Munich Airport. Swissport and its localjoint-venture partner Losch Airport Service won the correspondingtender process against various well-known competitors. The seven-yearlicence will enable Swissport/Losch to provide ramp (apron) servicesat the airport. These operations have now been scheduled to commenceon 1 March 2010.The new ground handling licence for Munich attracted sizeableinterest: the airport is a key transport hub, and the awarding ofsuch licences in Europe is a far-from-everyday event. With localmarket leader FMG already established at the airport, this secondlicence was put to international tender. The proposed collaborationbetween Swissport (with its global expertise) and Losch AirportService (with its strong local roots) proved the most attractiveoffer, and earned the partners the licence."It's the first time Swissport has been awarded with a ramp licencein Germany what we consider as a major step ahead in the Germanmarket," says Per Utnegaard, President and CEO of SwissportInternational. "And we're greatly looking forward to furtherdeveloping our customer relations with all Airlines at MunichAirport, the 2nd biggest Hub in Germany."Losch Airport Service has been active in the airport sector forseveral years now: its workforce of over 500 personnel alreadyprovides ground handling services at five German airports. "I amdelighted at this licence award," says CEO Marc Losch. "And I'mconvinced that, working with Swissport, we can offer truly excellentground handling services for Munich Airport and the airlines thatserve it."Adrian Melliger, Swissport's Senior Vice President Switzerland &Germany, is equally enthusiastic. "Munich is an investment in thefuture for us, too, and one where we expect to see attractive growthin the longer term," he explains. "The airport handled over 34million passengers and some 400 000 aircraft movements last year,"Melliger continues. "And I have every confidence that Swissport/Loschwill be able to establish itself in this market and offer theairport's airlines an attractive new ground handling option."Preparations already in full swingAll the operational and commercial aspects of the new services -processes, structures, customer agreements, personnel,infrastructure, equipment and so on - will be finalised over the nextfew weeks with a view to starting operations as planned on 1 March2010. Swissport/ Losch look forward to the challenge of making theirown quality mark at Germany's second-biggest hub. Further informationon their progress here will be provided as soon as possible.Swissport International Ltd., which is owned by Ferrovial, a leadingEuropean 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 32 000 personnel, Swissportis active at 181 airports in 38 countries on five continents, andgenerated consolidated operating revenue of CHF 1.9 billion (EUR 1.2billion or USD 1.9 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.chThe media release can be downloaded from the following link:http://hugin.info/133514/R/1355490/329035.pdfThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Datum: 17.11.2009 - 09:01 Uhr
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