Aviapartner Cargo Liège has passed a TACSS (Tapa Air Cargo Security Standards) audit this week. The TAPA Air Cargo Security Standard is a certifiable security programme for the air cargo industry aimed to provide quantifiable standards and industry recognised methods to help reduce the risks to air cargo while in the care and control of ground handlers [...]
Swissport International has completed its acquisition of Flightcare Spain and Flightcare Belgium from FCC Versia, significantly boosting Swissport’s European network of passenger and cargo handling operations. The closing of the deal follows clearance from the various airport and regulatory authorities in Spain and Belgium, namely AENA and the Spanish Competition Commission Council, along with The [...]
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) and Aviapartner announced to join forces and both their shareholders have agreed to combine the two companies, with Aviapartner to join WFS. The new group will be controlled by LBO France, WFS’ majority shareholder. Shareholders of the new entity will include Aviapartner’s shareholders including 3i, which will be represented on WFS’ board of directors. [...]
Swissport is to acquire Flightcare Spain and Flightcare Belgium from FCC Versia, significantly expanding Swissport’s network in Spain and allowing it to become a full-service provider at Brussels Airport by adding ground handling services to its portfolio. The acquisitions of the Flightcare businesses in Spain and Belgium, which combined handled over 24 million passengers and [...]
Several Spanish news sources report that the acquisition of the Belgian Flightcare handler is in the finishing phase. This is reported by Belgian hln.be. Leading contender to take over Flightcare is the venture capital group PAI Partners, also owner of Swissport. According to a newspaper, the Spanish construction group FCC, the parent company of Flightcare, and PAI agreed to an exlusive period in which the deal can be finalized. That would be done after Easter. The value of [...]
Aviapartner announced that it received the new Aviation Security certicification TACSS (TAPA Air Cargo Security Standards) for its Brussels Cargo site. Luc Clauwaert, Group Security Manager of Aviapartner, received this TACSS certification on 8 March, during the TAPA Conference of 2012 held in Bucharest. This new security standard will become the determining factor in Air [...]
The Brussels Court of Appeal pronounced its judgment on the allocation of “handling” licences at Brussels Airport. The Court of Appeal has confirmed the Commercial Court’s decision of June 29th to suspend the granting of new licences. The Brussels Court has pronounced its judgment today in the case concerning the granting of Ground Handling licences at [...]
Belgian Newspaper De Tijd reports that Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), owned by the LBO France investment group, performed advanced negotiations surrounding the acquisition of Aviapartner from Belgium. The chances of an agreement rose sharply after the Court of Appeal in Brussels ruled that Aviapartner can perform handling activities at Brussels Airport for anther year . Aviapartner would also be looking for a local investor, but the chances of a successful outcome are [...]
Swissport International is extremely disappointed by today’s ruling from the Brussels Court of Appeal to uphold a decision by Brussels Commercial Court suspending the awarding of new handling licences at Brussels Airport. Today’s ruling means that The Brussels Airport Company may not implement the licences it awarded last June until a decision on the merits [...]
The Aviapartner Academy, which until now has focused on training its own staff, will offer its training expertise to external customers as well. Theoretical and practical training on airport ground handling can be organised on request in different languages on locations throughout the network or at the customer’s premises. Aviapartner is licensed as an IATA [...]
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