Category: March 2023

AeroMexico selects Swissport to handle flights at Rome Fiumicino

220720-Swissport-274 AeroMexico has selected Swissport to handle its flights at Rome Fiumicino airport when services start on 26 March.
The Mexican airline will operate 4 flights a week between Mexico City and Rome from 26 March using a Boeing 787, increasing to 7 a week from mid-June.
Swissport will provide passenger and security services, lounge hospitality and ramp handling under the contract, which runs until March 2026.
Marina Bottelli, Managing Director for Italy at Swissport, said: “We are honoured and excited to partner with the Mexican national airline. AeroMexico can rely on Swissport’s recognised experience as a reliable partner for a vast range of aviation services between the landing and the take-off of their flights. Our launch in Italy just nine months ago, when we also took over the complete hub handling of ITA Airways at their home base, was a great success, and we are pleased that our customer portfolio continues to grow and now includes 50 renowned airlines.”
Swissport started operating in Italy in July last year, starting at Rome Fiumicino then at Milan Linate.
Since July, Swissport has served more than 4.8 million passengers and handled almost 42,000 departures for 50 airlines in Rome.

SAASA acquires air cargo terminal at Benito Juarez

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Servicios Aeroportuarios Andino Global S.L. (SAASA) has acquired an air cargo terminal at Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City in partnership with Grupo CCO.
The acquired warehouse, which will receive a significant investment to increase its storage capacity, will kick-start other operations in two other Latin American countries later this year.
“This strategic asset, together with the purchase of Globalia Handling de Mexico-now SAASA Mexico, a few months ago, sets us in an excellent position at a very dynamic airport such as Benito Juarez. This airport handles over 50 million passengers and more than 570 thousand tons of air cargo per year. Currently, we are operating in 4 Mexican airports and now we have a cargo terminal that will allow us to service an important and demanding market in the airline industry,” said Enrique Vargas, SAASA’s CEO.
In less than a year, SAASA Mexico has already been able to double its ramp operations at Benito Juarez airport.
In addition to Benito Juarez, SAASA also operates at the Felipe Angeles International Airport in Zumpango de Ocampo, the Adolfo López Mateos International Airport in Toluca and the Manuel Crescencio Rejon International Airport in Merida.

Samsic Assistance awarded licence at Montréal-Trudeau International

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Samsic Assistance has been awarded the ground handling operating licence in Montréal-Trudeau International Airport effective 1 April, 2023.

It follows its successful launch of full handling operations at Vancouver International Airport in April 2022.

Samsic will now be operating in 4 out of the 5 major airports in the country: Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Montreal, plus Chicago O’Hare and San Francisco International Airport in the US, confirming that North America is the key market for the international development of the French ground handler, which is offering a complete set of above and below wing services including PRM and supervision.

Stefano Sciotti, President of Samsic Assistance Canada, said that this confirms the huge investment capacity of the Samsic Group despite the pandemic. “Thanks to the solidity of the Samsic Group, employing 117,000 employees in 27 countries with an annual turnover of 3.5 billion euros, Samsic Assistance has been able to start and develop its North America operations since 2020, in full pandemic.”

He continued: “It is a great honour for us realising that after 3 years more than 500 people decided to join the Samsic family and that 14 carriers decided to partner with Samsic in the region. And this has been done entirely through internal growth.

“The core values of the family-held company, the human touch of our local management teams and the quality of the equipment have resulted into Samsic having among the highest staff retention rates in the region, despite the competitiveness of the labour market.”

The development in the region has been accompanied by huge attention to sustainability, with among the newest and greenest GSE fleets in the latest platforms that have been started up.

And the results are impressive, Sciotti said: “Samsic Assistance’s revenue in 2022 has been 3 times the revenue in 2021, and an additional increase by 100% is planned to take place in 2023. North America will be representing about 20% of Samsic Assistance revenues in 2023.”

On another note, Samsic Assistance’s strong development in 2023, where the company foresees an increase of 50% of the revenues versus 2022, has been pushed by the strong development of the shuttle buses activities in Paris CDG, where in February it started its activity of inter-terminal shuttles awarded by ADP and in March the Air France crew shuttle buses service.

“One group, one family, but a lot of diversified services that we offer to our partners,” he added.