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Swissport International completes Flightcare acquisition

Sep 11, 2012 No Comments by

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 [...]

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Swissport acquires Flightcare Spain & Belgium

May 11, 2012 No Comments by

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 [...]

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Flightcare wins awards at Valencia and Barcelona

Sep 02, 2011 No Comments by

Flightcare Ground Services announces that has been recently awarded by the airlines Lufthansa and Sw iss, two of the members of the Lufthansa Group, w ith the prices: Lufthansa Shooting Star of the month of July and the Sw iss Rising Star Aw ard at Valencia and Barcelona respectively. Both prizes reflects important improvements in the level [...]

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Flightcare awarded by Condor for best ground handling performance 2011

Jun 28, 2011 No Comments

Flightcare Ground Services is delighted to announce that has been recently awarded by the airline company Condor Flugdienst at the airport of Fuerteventura as the ground handling company with the best handling assistance performance of their medium range network, registering the lowest number of delays attributed to ground handling. The awards ceremony was hold in [...]

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WFS wins new handling contracts in Barcelona and Amsterdam

Jun 10, 2011 No Comments

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has been awarded new terminal handling and cargo handling contracts in Barcelona and Amsterdam by Concorde Aviation and Surinam Airways respectively. In Spain, WFS will provide terminal handling for two airlines represented by Concorde Aviation in Barcelona. City Airline operates an MD-87 aircraft from Barcelona to Gothenburg while Cimber Sterling flies [...]

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Menzies commenced operations at Santiago de Compostela

May 17, 2011 No Comments

Menzies is delighted to announce the opening of Santiago de Compostela,  SCQ is situated in the north west of Spain. Menzies provides passenger handling and ramp supervision activities to easyJet, the launching customer. Javier Ruiz and his team commenced operations on the 15th May, handling 2 A319 flights per week. The start-up was completed with [...]

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Ferrovial concludes sale of Swissport to PAI Partners for 695 million euro

Feb 18, 2011 No Comments

The sale announced on 2 November 2010 of Swissport, by Ferrovial of Spain to French-based private equity firm PAI Partners was formally concluded yesterday as planned. Swissport International will now continue to pursue its growth strategy. PAI Partners and Swissport International Ltd were also able to announce a few days ago the closing of a [...]

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