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Kia ora
@FijiAirways
, we're so glad to see you in Aotearoa! 🇳🇿👋🇫🇯 As Fiji's national carrier resumes New Zealand flights,
#Swissport
is thrilled to provide
@groundhandling
for the airline in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. 🥝✈️🌺
@aviationweek
👉
With a turnover of some 60,000 tons in 2020, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is an important cargo location in Swissport’s global network of 116 warehouses and
#Swissport
Pharma Centers. Here’s to our colleagues in Kenya! 🥂
#Swissport25
@KenyaAirports
After months of almost complete standstill, a slow recovery in
#aviation
is underway. From 1-15 July
#Swissport
provided
#groundhandling
for 48'900 flights worldwide. 72.8% less than in July 19, but the figures for Aug indicate a continued positive trend. .
@iata
#mondaymotivation
2021 wouldn't have been possible without our incredible colleagues on the ramp, at check-in & gate, in baggage services and the lounge. 💪👏
#Swissport
wishes its entire team & its
#aviation
friends a
#happynewyear
! 🎊 We can't wait to help connect more of the world in 2022! ✨
Words cannot express the horror and sadness we feel as we learn more about the Türkiye-Syria earthquake. We know that actions mean more than words right now, so
@swissportNews
is donating EUR 50,000 to
@UNICEF
to support the emergency response and relief work. 1/2
As 2022 draws to a close, we wish our teams and aviation friends worldwide a happy holiday season. 📦✨🎁 Thank you for playing a part in helping reconnect the world. We look forward to more ramp-ups and reunions in 2023!
#happyholidays
#frohefesttage
#joyeusesfetes
#Swissport
is growing its
#cargo
business! 📦 We're excited to announce the acquisition of Belgium Airport Services, an air cargo services provider at Liège Airport. Welcome to the Swissport family, BAS! 👉
@LGGLiegeAirport
@Air_Cargo_News
„We welcome the
@EU_Commission
push for digital
#COVID19
vaccination, testing and recovery certificates. However, a global recovery requires global solutions. Swissport will help restart aviation at 269 airports in 47 countries.“ Christoph Mueller, Swissport CEO
@IATA
@ASA_Aero
We are excited to announce that Swissport has increased its share in Costa Rican Interairport Services Swissport SA to 100%. The transaction strengthens Swissport’s position in an attractive growth market for airport
#groundhandling
and
#aircargo
services. 🦺👍
@aviacionline
Happy Union Day to our airport friends and colleagues in
#Tanzania
! 🇹🇿
At Julius Nyerere Airport in Dar es Salaam and Kilimanjaro Airport, our teams have been providing airport ground services for leading airlines from all over the world as Swissport Tanzania, since 2005! 🙌🏾
We offer our sincere condolences to the Royal Family and the people of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. We join our colleagues across the world in paying tribute to her 70 years of dedicated public service as monarch.
We just received the 🔑 to our brand new cargo warehouse
@Airport_FRA
. The 17,000m2 facility features a
#Swissport
Pharma Center with 1,580m2 of temperature controlled space. An on-roof photovoltaic system will generate about 1.5 million kWh of
#sustainableenergy
🔆 per year.
Our
#aircargo
service excellence has been confirmed once again! 👉
@aircargoweek
awarded
#Swissport
with the Air Cargo Handling Agent of the Year Award 2020. We are delighted and proud of our skilled and motivated employees who make this possible every day! 🏆
歡迎國泰航空! 🇨🇭👋🇭🇰 After a break of more than two years, we're thrilled to see
@cathaypacific
back at
@zrh_airport
today and look forward to supporting the airline's twice weekly flights between Zurich and Hong Kong.
#welcomeback
What a great start: Just one year after becoming an independent company in 1996,
#Swissport
expanded from🇨🇭to provide leading
#airport
ground services to
#airline
customers also in the UK 🇬🇧, Brazil 🇧🇷, Kenya 🇰🇪, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 and Germany 🇩🇪.
#ThrowbackThursday
#Swissport25
#Swissport
is ramping up. Between 1-15 July we provided check-in, lounge and boarding services for over 1.3 million passengers. Compared with the same period last year, volumes are still down 89.5%, but people are slowly starting to fly again
#mondaymotivation
#saftravels
.
@iata
It's great to
#SEA
you,
@JetBlue
! 😊 Last Wednesday,
#Swissport
kicked off
@GroundHandling
services for the low-cost airline at Seattle-Tacoma Airport for flights departing to Boston and JFK airports! 🇺🇸 We look forward to a bright partnership ahead! 🤝
@StatMediaNews
Exciting news from the Caribbean: With the acquisition of Bonaire Air Services,
#Swissport
now also offers
@groundhandling
in addition to
#cargo
services at Flamingo Airport🦩on Bonaire island 🏝. A big welcome to our new employees & customers! 🦺👍
@aviacionline
@FlightGlobal
Being a part of operations that make a change for those in need is extremely important to
#Swissport
. In Kenya 🇰🇪, we're humbled to provide ground services for
@748AirServices
' relief and
#humanitarian
flights in cooperation with
@eu_echo
🇪🇺 to the Horn of Africa. 🌐
We recently welcomed
#Ireland
's newest airline Emerald Airlines to Glasgow! It's the start of more happy handlings to come: the exclusive operator of
@AerLingus
Regional has chosen
#Swissport
as its ground services partner at several major UK airports! 🍀
Happy National Holiday! 🇪🇨 Ecuador celebrates its Independence Day on the 10th of August. 🎉
#Swissport
is happy to support airlines with a full range of services throughout Ecuador in Quito, Guayaquil, Latacunga and Manta 🦺 ☀️
@AeropuertoUIO
@Aeropuerto_GYE
#Swissport
wishes healthy and happy holidays to its colleagues, customers, and partners around the world. 🌎🌍🌏 May this festive season bring you and your loved ones cargo loads of joy and laughter! 🎇🕯️🎁
#happyholidays
#frohefesttage
#joyeusesfetes
Salü
@helvetic_en
, we're pleased to push you! 😀 This month, the
#Swissport
team at
@zrh_airport
started providing
#groundhandling
services for our newest partners, Helvetic Airways! 🇨🇭 Can you guess where this plane is headed? (Hint: 🇪🇬🤿🌴)
Happy Canada Day! Bonne fête du Canada! 🇨🇦 We are operating at 10 Canadian airports and served 7.7m travelers in 2019. While volumes are down due to
#Covid19
, some of our colleagues were busy handling cargo flights with PPE, such as the A380 from
@Hifly
at
@yulaeroport
✈️
#Swissport
makes changes to its executive team. Congratulations to Karen Cox who is appointed CEO for the UK & I and Andres Diez as Chief Commercial Officer for the Americas. Changes effective 1 April 2023.👉
#Swissport
#Leadership
@aircargonews
@EVA_Int
Most people are familiar with airlines, but there's a lot that happens before a plane takes off. ✈ From check-in to the loading of
#cargo
to
#fueling
and pushback,
#Swissport
is there. Take a look at the diverse world of aviation. 👉
This has been a special week for
#Swissport
in
#Argentina
: take a first look at our new operations in Rosario
#ROS
, Santa Fe! 🇦🇷
From Rosario, Swissport will now support multiple weekly
@VoeGOLoficial
flights to São Paulo
#GRU
and Rio de Janeiro
#GIG
airports. ✈
Happy
#IWD2021
! Swissport is committed to
#ChooseToChallenge
, and not just today. In Zurich, for example, we have >50% women leaders, while in other units and areas we may have some catch-up to do. We challenge ourselves every day to become more diverse and inclusive. 🦺👍
#Swissport
Finland 🇫🇮 and
@Finnair
Cargo have extended their agreement on COOL ❄️
#cargo
services until end 2026. The contract, which includes operating Finnair’s 31,000 sqm COOL Nordic Hub, is a milestone for our strategic focus on cargo!
@taloussanomat
Finally at home! 🏡 Last week, our
#Swissport
team in Sydney served a special flight of Air New Zealand to Samoa. On a repatriation flight, organized by the Samoan government, more than 300 Samoan nationals returned back home safely. 🛬
@FlyAirNZ
#WelcomeBack
#groundhandling
Congratulations to Steve Cannon, our new Head of Global Fleet. Steve‘s team manages thousands of aviation ground support assets. By 2025, Swissport aims to increase the share of electric vehicles in its fleet to at least 50%.
@iata
#sustainability
#Swissport
's entry into
#Italy
means we're now in 45 countries! Listen in on the conversation between CEO Warwick Brady and Bruno Stefani – Head of Switzerland, Italy & France. We look forward to sharing more at our
#virtualmediaconference
tomorrow! 🇮🇹
Farewell to 17 airplanes of .
@FlySWISS
and .
@flyedelweiss
from their temporary
#COVID19
parking at the Duebendorf airfield. The planes will be flown back to .
@zrh_airport
. We from
#Swissport
are excited to provide ground services again and to see full flights take off soon. ✈️
⚠️IT security incident at
#Swissport
contained. Affected infrastructure swiftly taken offline. Manual workarounds or fallback systems secured operation at all times. Full system clean-up and restoration now under way. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Since 1996,
#Swissport
@zrh_airport
has grown into one of our largest operations. With some 1,600 employees, we provide ramp handling and passenger services for many airlines, including fully integrated hub management. Swissport also manages 3
@Aspirelounges
in ZRH.
#Swissport25
GVA was among the first locations to become operational after
#Swissport
was incorporated in 1996. In 2021, GVA has served some 776,000 passengers, handled 16,000 flights and transported 9,000 tons of cargo since January. Cheers to our colleagues
@GeneveAeroport
! 🥂
#Swissport25
Swissport secures extension of the Cargo contract with ASL airlines Belgium at Liege Airport in Belgium 🌍🛫
The continuation of the
#successful
#partnership
which dates back to 2017 further strengthens Swissport’s position in Liège✈️
Back in 2003,
#Swissport
introduced a GSE maintenance tool in Basel, Geneva and New York🌎. This tool analyzed operating cycles and prevented unscheduled downtime of our fleet. Today, we are turning to predictive maintenance with telematic systems.
#ThrowbackThursday
#Swissport25
#Swissport
Morocco 🇲🇦 is very pleased to welcome back
@British_Airways
in Marrakech after two years of travel restrictions. The landing was duly celebrated with some traditional sweets and tea. Here's to many more happy landings!
#recovery
#COVID19
#swissport
and
@auxivo
have developed a wearable exoskeleton to prevent musculoskeletal injuries in physically demanding jobs like baggage handling. In 2019,
@IATA
awarded us with the Innovator Award for this innovation. The “LiftSuit” is currently piloted at
@zrh_airport
.💡
Swissport wins major contract covering all airlines of
@AirFranceKLM
in Saudi Arabia until 2025. The new contract covers the handling of all flights, including
#aircargo
, for all airlines of the 🇫🇷🇳🇱 airline group to and from 🇸🇦.
@alhayat_ksa
@OKAZ_online
It's great to see you in the Peach State,
@Lufthansa_Cargo
! The
#Swissport
USA team is thrilled to start providing ramp services for Lufthansa
#Cargo
in Atlanta, Georgia. Here's a look at the successful start earlier this week! 📦✈🍑
We are proud that Hendrik Leyssens, VP Global Cargo Operations at
#Swissport
, will join the Board of TIACA, The International Air Cargo Association. Hendrik has a wealth of experience and a strong track record in the
#aircargo
industry. We wish him a good start! 👍
@tiacaorg
Congratulations – travel bubble is up! 👍 Today the first quarantine-free intl flight from
#Sydney
arrived in Auckland, NZ 🛬. After a pause of more than a year the trans-Tasman bubble opened. 🤩
#Swissport
is proud to serve
@Jetstar_NZ
on the ground. 👋
#welcomehome
@AKL_Airport
Happy
#ValentinesDay
❤️ This year,
#Swissport
Kenya handled over 1,500 tons of freshly cut flowers. The red roses which we handle on behalf of our airline customers were handled with utmost care, maintaining the cool chain at all times.
#cargohandling
🦺
Today was a day of alphorns and espresso at
#Rome
's
#Fiumicino
Airport as
#Swissport
handled the first flight at the home base of
@ITAAirways
! 🇨🇭🤝🇮🇹 This adds another large hub operation to our network.
“The restructuring, and the robust financial platform it brings, will enable us to confidently trade through the market recovery and positions
#Swissport
as the first choice partner for airlines around the globe,” says Eric Born, CEO of Swissport.
#airports
#groundservices
Since starting operations in July, Swissport in
#Italy
🇮🇹 served over 7000 flights! 👍
@ITAAirways
is the latest flag carrier to select Swissport to manage its hub and home base operations, and
#Rome
is only the beginning. Watch the video & find out where we're landing next! 🛬
#Swissport
has new owners. Financial restructuring successfully completed. Christoph Mueller appointed future Chairman and interim CEO. We are excited to continue support our valued airline customers. 👉