WFS grows its Scandinavian client portfolio with three new contracts in Denmark and Sweden
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is continuing to grow its client portfolio in Scandinavia after being awarded three new airline cargo handling contracts in Denmark...
Lufthansa Group chooses WFS for ramp handling in Newark
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won a three-year contract to provide ramp handling for Lufthansa Group’s flights at Newark Liberty International Airport.
Under the terms...
Swissport opens Aspire Business Lounge at Cork Airport
Ireland’s first Aspire airport business lounge officially opened today (7 June) at Cork Airport. Operated by Swissport, investment in the lounge at Ireland’s second...
Swissport serves a record 250 million passengers and handles 4.7 million tonnes of air cargo in 2017
In 2017 Swissport International Ltd. increased the number of passengers served on behalf of its airline clients to some 250 million (up 8.7% on...
Brussels Airport is expecting a Swissport baggage handling strike on 23 March
Tomorrow Friday 23 March a national demonstration is held. As a result, baggage handling by Swissport may be disrupted. Flights that are handled by Aviapartner,...
New ground handling licences at Brussels Airport granted to Aviapartner, Swissport, dnata, LSG Skychefs and Newrest Servair
Brussels Airport Company has granted the licences for 5 restricted categories of ground handling services at the airport, i.e. the handling of passenger and...
Aviapartner Belgium asks Council of State to cancel temporary licence at Brussels Airport
Aviapartner Belgium has written a letter to the Belgian Council of State as they are unhappy about the temporary licence at Brussels Airport. The...
Swissport staff shortage at Brussels Airport; flight delays up to two hours
Past few days air traffic at Brussels Airport has been severely disturbed by the heavy snowfall, but even on Wednesday there are still delays,...
Brussels Airlines renews handling contract with Swissport for three years
The Board of Directors of SN AirHolding has approved the renewal of the handling contract between Brussels Airlines and Swissport Belgium.The current handling contract...
A short work stoppage of Swissport check-in staff at Amsterdam Schiphol
This morning (Sunday 3 December) at 11:00 Swissport check-in staff at Amsterdam Schiphol airport held a short 20-minutes work stoppage. The employees are complaining...
Swissport Belgium CEO Pieter Van den Nieuwenhuizen will leave the company at the end of March 2018
During the staff council this morning, Swissport Belgium CEO Pieter Van den Nieuwenhuizen has informed the unions that he will leave the company at...
Swissport Belgium and the trade unions are committed to a better social climate
ACV/CSC-Transcom, ACLVB/CGSLB, BTB-ABVV/UBT-FGTB and the management of Swissport Belgium note that there have been regular social conflicts in Swissport in recent years. Both the...
Amadeus Altea, the computer check-in system used by 125 airlines worldwide, has crashed, delaying thousands of passengers
Passengers are currently facing delays at check-in and boarding as Altéa, the computer system used by 125 airlines worldwide has crashed. Altéa is used for...
Left luggage is spreading a terrible smell at the arrivals hall
Two weeks after the Swissport baggage handler strike at Brussels Airport, a lot of passengers didn't reclaim their luggages yet. Some of these luggages...
Two passengers that travelled through Brussels Airport during the Swissport baggage handler strike wrote a report
Ten days ago, a Swissport baggage handler strike broke out at Brussels airport. Thousands of pieces of luggage were left stranded at the airport;...
Aftermath of Swissport handlers strike at Brussels Airport: how to retrieve delayed baggage?
As a consequence of the strike of Swissport Belgium workers, approximately 17,000 pieces of baggage remained at Brussels Airport: half of them belong to...
[Update] Swissport baggage handlers at Brussels Airport have resumed work
The Swissport baggage handlers did not resume work this morning. Consequently, baggage handling for the airlines that are handled by Swissport is currently disrupted.Not all arriving baggage...
Wildcat strike by Swissport baggage handlers at Brussels Airport, 220 flights and 25,000 passengers affected
This Tuesday morning, a wildcat strike by Swissport baggage handlers broke out at Brussels airportThe staff complained about the increased workload, the lack of...
ACV-Transcom complains about staff shortages, inadequate equipment and abuse of one-day contracts at Aviapartner
Yesterday's meeting between Aviapartner management and the worker unions didn't go as planned, ACV-Transcom union wrote on their website. ACV-Transcom complained about staff shortages, inadequate...
Ryanair ends Swissport contract at Brussels Airport
This week Ryanair has informed Swissport that it will not renew its three-year contract for ground handling operations.
The Ryanair-Swissport contract expires on February 28th....