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Swissport Milestones
 
2010
  • Swissport appoints Kai Proff as Branch Manager Frankfurt within its German cargo business
  • Swissport and its local partner Losch will be commencing their new joint operation at Munich Airport as planned on 1 March
  • Swissport has appointed Andreas Keller as its new Vice President and head of its Aviation Security business segment
  • Swissport is intensifying its collaboration with British Airways, one of the world's leading cargo carriers with its global route network. On 1 April, Swissport will take over all cargo handling duties for British Airways at Frankfurt Airport
  • Swissport Cargo Services North America has concluded or renewed a number of cargo handling agreements commencing in the first half of 2010
  • Swissport and Singapore Airlines are pleased to announce the successful launch of the carrier's new Airbus A380 service to and from Zurich Airport
  • Swissport has become the first Ground Handling Agent to renew the Cargo 2000 Certificate of approval
  • Swissport has been named "Best Ground Handling Company 2010" by the Institute of Transport Management
  • Swissport has appointed Simon Messner as its new Vice President and Head of Operations
  • Swissport's Europe/Africa ground handling division is profiting from the slight recovery in the aviation sector. The division has concluded a number of major commercial agreements recently in Spain, France, Bulgaria, Algeria and Tanzania
 
 
2009
  • Swissport International raises operating revenues 8.6% in 2008
  • Swissport and Virgin Atlantic Airways conclude Europe-wide import cargo handling frame agreement
  • Swissport earns ITM Award for the Global Aviation
  • Ground Services Company nine times in a row (2001–2009)
  • Swissport awarded new licence with CGS to offer special assistance (PRM) services at Zurich Airport
  • Swissport continues to win attractive new business despite the tough market environment
  • Swissport is named Air Cargo Handling Agent 2009 by ACM
  • Swissport Geneva has its operating licence extended for a further seven years to 2016 by airport authority AIG
  • Swissport Geneva is to jointly found a new company named GVAssistance to offer special services at the airport, initially for a five-year period
  • Swissport Cargo Services becomes the first global handling company to provide monthly performance reports to the Cargo 2000 organisation
  • Swissport Geneva introduces first-ever "self-service" lost-baggage reporting system
  • Swissport obtains licence for Costa Rica
  • Swissport and easyJet extend their successful collaboration in Geneva
  • Swissport wins Munich Airport ground handling licence (1.3.2010)
  • Swissport and Aer Lingus Cargo conclude five-year collaboration covering ten station
 
 
2008
  • Swissport awarded ground handling licence in South Africa
  • Swissport appoints John Batten as new Executive Vice President for all global cargo services
  • Swissport acquires us-based New Age Security Solutions (NASS) to further expand its aviation security expertise
  • Swissport and Virgin Atlantic Airways conclude agreement (Swissport provides a new Central Load Planning
  • service to Virgin Atlantic globally)
  • Swissport provides ground services for Condor (new collaboration at Frankfurt Airport from April 2008)
  • Swissport earns ITM Award for the best "Global Aviation Ground Services Company" eight times in a row (2001 -2008)
  • Swissport wins tender offer and obtains licence to provide aviation services on Cyprus
  • Air Asia and Swissport launch budget operation Singapore - Kuala Lumpur
  • SAA is selecting Swissport in South Africa at 6 stations
 
 
2007
  • Swissport has been certified with Cargo-2000 compliance
  • Swissport has sold its ULD-company Unitpool
  • easyJet selects Swissport in Zürich
  • Swissport provides web-Check-in platform for its customer airlines
  • Per H. Utnegaard named new CEO of Swissport International
  • Brussels Airlines signs 5 years contract with Unitpool
  • Start of Ground Handling Operations in Bulgaria and Japan
  • easyJet selects Swissport in Basel for the next five years
  • Swissport handles its first Airbus A380 in JFK and LAX
  • Silverjet selects Unitpool to outsource ULD activities and services
  • Monarch (one of the UK’s major providers of low-cost-scheduled fligths) has decided to outsource ULD control and services to Unitpool
  • Swissport Cargo Services is focusing on security needs
  • Swissport earns ITM Award for the best “Global Aviation Ground Services Company” seven times in a row (2001- 2007)
 
 
2006
  • Swissport wins key tender process in Spain and has been awarded new licences at Madrid, Alicante, Arecife, Murcia, Almeria and Jerez with a seven years contract . Conclusion of a cargo agreement with United Airlines at 8 U.S. airports, over 550‘000 metric tons annual volume.
  • Introduction of a state-of-the-art Web Check-in application for SWISS in joint work with SITA.
  • Comprehensive 5-year cooperation agreement with Air Malta for 23 destinations.
  • Joint Venture with Ukraine International Airlines to operate Interavia ground handling company in Kiev.
  • Major 6-year cooperation agreement with Ryanair at London Stansted Airport.
 
 
2005
  • Global Contract with SITA for CUSS-Kiosk’s.
  • Cooperation and JV with the G.A.P. Vassilopoulos Group at Larnaca Airport, Cyprus.
  • Service Group Ferrovial becomes new owner of Swissport in August.
  • Global Frame Agreement concluded with Swiss WorldCargo and Air France.
  • Substantial acquisition and start of Swissport Seoul/Korea.
  • Opening of a Cargo operation in Amsterdam.
  • Start of Ground Handling Operations in Singapore, Changi Airport
  • New stations announced in Khartoum, Algiers, Rhodes and Corfu
 
 
2004
  • KLM global agreement (covering 64 stations).
  • Acquisition of Protectas (start with Aviation Security) and Ground star (with 5 additional UK locations).
 
 
2003
  • Major outsourcing agreement signed with SWISS & United Airlines.
  • Executive aviation joint venture with PrivatAir.
  • Acquisition of Unitpool.
 
 
2002
  • Acquired by Candover Investments.
  • Acquisition of Cargo Service Center B.V.
 
 
2001
  • Successful handling of critical situations (September 11, 2001, SR Grounding)
 
 
2000
  • Further global expansion to 130 locations in 25 countries with many station openings such as in the US, Austria, Greece, Korea
 
 
1998
 –   
1999
  • Further expansions to South Africa and Turkey.
  • Acquisition of DynAir in the US and Aer Lingus in London.
 
 
1996
 –   
1997
  • Swissport founded with three locations in Switzerland.
  • Network growth/foundation in the UK, Germany, Brazil.



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