Website www.aviapartner.aero Founded 1949 | ||
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Key people Clive Sauvé-Hopkins, CEO CEO Clive Sauvé-Hopkins (Jun 2016–) Parent organization Worldwide Flight Services, Inc. Subsidiaries Novia Holding A.S., Aviapartner GmbH, Aviapartner Belgium NV, Services Aéroportuaires et Techniques SAS | ||
Klant aan het woord aviapartner
Aviapartner, whose origins date back to 1949 under the name of Herfurth Air Services to become 'Belgavia' in the late 1960s, is a Belgian company that provides aircraft ground handling services at 32 airports in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands. Among the airports served are Amsterdam, Brussels, Berlin-Tegel, Frankfurt A.M., Milan, Rome, Nice and Paris-CDG. Herfurth/Belgavia started aircraft handling at Antwerp,Deurne airport and extended its activities at Ostend airport in the early 1960s. Later it started handling at Brussels and other airports. On June 9, 2011 Aviapartner lost its operating license at Brussels Airport to Swiss-based Swissport for a period of 7 years. But the court broke this decision. Aviapartern kept its licence and Swissport merged with FlightCare, the second aircraft ground services company at Brussels Airport. Note that there are only two licences at Brussels airport.
Contents
- Klant aan het woord aviapartner
- Aviapartner speeds up cargo handling with the csn840
- Range of ground handling services
- Awards
- References
Aviapartner speeds up cargo handling with the csn840
Range of ground handling services
Check-in, ticketing, boarding assistance, lost and found baggage services, assistance to disabled passengers, passenger ground transportation.
Loading and unloading of baggage and cargo to/from aircraft on the ramp, ground power provision for aircraft, cleaning, water and sanitary services, freight and baggage transfer to terminal, crew transfer from aircraft to terminal/hotel, pushback and towing, with headset, aircraft de-icing.
Preparation of flight documentation, ground to air communication, calculation of weight and balance, set-up of loadsheet, crew briefing, flight supervision.
Warehousing, palletizing, import and export procedures, customs clearance, trucking services.
Transfer of courier and express shipments to/from other warehouses and aircraft, handling of express flights operated from the Brussels Airport Courier center.
Awards
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol presented Aviapartner with 'The Best Handler Award' in 2003, 2007, 2008 and 2009 for its excellent performance in the areas of service, safety and co-operation.
Aviapartner received the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) registration for: Amsterdam (December 2008), Frankfurt (July 2009), Düsseldorf (September 2009), Munich (October 2009), Brussels (October 2009), Milan-Malpensa (November 2009), Nice (November 2009), Lyon (December 2009), Turin (May 2010), Venice (June 2010) and Rotterdam (May 2011).