Swissport International Ltd. (“Swissport”) and Scandinavian Airline Systems (“SAS”) today announced they have signed a Letter of Intent. The letter creates the basis for continued negotiations between the two companies, aiming at an agreement to transfer full ownership of SAS´ ground handling in Denmark, Sweden and Norway to Swissport. As a first step, both parties [...]
Swissport International has won cargo handling contracts with two new customers at Copenhagen Airport, adding Lufthansa and Finnair to its cargo customer list. Services for Lufthansa will begin on 1st December, and will include cargo handling for Lufthansa’s multiple daily flights to and from the airport and road feeder services between Copenhagen and Lufthansa’s Frankfurt [...]
Swissport International is to start offering cargo handling services in Denmark from July after reaching agreement with several airlines, including launch customer Swiss WorldCargo, the air cargo division of Swiss International Air Lines. Swissport’s cargo handling facility at Copenhagen Airport (CPH), Scandinavia’s busiest airport, will begin operating on 1st July, becoming Swissport’s first cargo station in [...]
Check-in.dk reports that EU countries turned Friday thumbs up to the EU Commission’s proposal that all major European airports have three handling companies to service carriers. Thus there is the prospect of increased competition for SGS and Novia in Copenhagen Airport. The two current handling companies at Copenhagen Airport, SGS and Novia, can begin to chalk shoes [...]
Aviator/Novia welcomes Austrian Airlines as a new customer at Copenhagen Airport, effective Feb 1, 2012. Austrian Airlines will be operating 4 times daily to Vienna with F100, B738, A319, A320 and A321.
Aviator announced the appointment of Ole Brinks Andersen as Managing Director for Novia Danmark A/S. He replaces Stig Thygesen who steps down after nine years in the role. Ole is currently Operations Director for Novia Denmark and therefore has a very good understanding of the business; he was formerly in the employ of Maersk and [...]
Aviator/Novia welcomes Flybe as a new customer at Copenhagen Airport, effective January 23, 2012. Flybe will be operating with an ATR 5 and ATR 7, to and from Bromma Airport in Sweden.
Gate Gourmet, a member of gategroup, has extended the existing contract with Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) meant to expire in 2014 for two additional years to 2016 covering catering and provisioning services at the airline’s three main hubs in Copenhagen, Stockholm/Arlanda and Oslo as well as other locations in Scandinavia. Separately, the companies also reached [...]
The Nordic supplier of ground handling to the airline industry, Aviator, entered into an agreement on 16 March 2011 with the Danish company Novia on the purchase of all shares of Novia. Novia will comprise 30% of Aviator’s overall activity on the Nordic market, where Aviator is pursuing its ambition to become the market leader. [...]
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