Swissport
| Swissport International AG
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1996 |
| Seat |
Opfikon , Switzerland
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| management | Eric Born (Group President & CEO) |
| Number of employees | 66,000 (2018) |
| sales | 2.99 billion euros (2018) |
| Branch | Ground handling |
| Website | www.swissport.com |
| As of December 31, 2018 | |
Swissport International AG , based in Opfikon near Zurich Airport, is the world's largest service company for airlines and airports .
Swissport International Ltd. works for around 850 customers in the aviation industry. The company provides groundhandling services to more than 265 million passengers and handles more than 4.7 million tons of cargo annually. With around 68,000 employees, Swissport is active at around 315 locations in 50 countries on all five continents and achieved a consolidated turnover of 2.8 billion euros in 2017 (?) (2016).
history
The company was founded in 1996 under the initial name of Swissair Ground Services International AG as an independent subsidiary of the former Swissair . As a result, the company expanded through both organic growth and various acquisitions. In 2000, the company operated at 130 locations in 25 countries, including at London Heathrow Airport , where it was responsible for ground handling.
In the context of the Swissair financial crisis , Swissport was initially taken over by the British private equity company Candover and in August 2005 by the Spanish construction company Ferrovial . In the meantime, through various takeovers, the company has grown to become the leading service company for airlines and airports.
In 2009 Swissport sold its German passenger business to Aviation Handling Services . Thus, Swissport Germany is only active in the cargo area. A new station in the Ramp Services area was opened at Munich Airport in 2010. Swissport is cooperating there with the Losch company.
At the end of 2010, Ferrovial sold Swissport to the French investment company PAI partners for 654 million euros .
In August 2013 Swissport announced the acquisition of the competitor Servisair. In December 2013, the takeover was approved by the European Commission subject to conditions .
In mid-2015, the French investment company PAI partners sold Swissport for 2.73 billion Swiss francs to the HNA Group based in Haikou, China.
In March 2018, Swissport took over Aerocare, the market leader in ground handling for airlines in Australia and New Zealand.
Products
The company provides the following services at around 315 airports in 50 countries:
- Ground Handling Services: Services at airports
- Cargo Services: Air Freight
- Maintenance Services: Maintenance of aircraft
- Aviation Security: Airport security
- Executive Aviation: Passenger Services
- Filling Services: Aircraft refueling with kerosene
- Travel Services
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Management
- ↑ a b Swissport increases its EBITDA result for 2018 to 273 million euros. Retrieved May 13, 2019 .
- ^ Silverfish AG, Zurich: Swissport International Ltd. - Corporate - Facts & Figures. Retrieved September 8, 2017 .
- ↑ HNA Group takes over Swissport. aero.de, July 30, 2015, accessed on February 16, 2015 .
- ↑ Swissport to transfer its German passenger handling to AHS Aviation Handling Services on June 1, 2009. ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Swissport press release. April 27, 2009. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ↑ Ferrovial sells Swissport to PAI Partners. FAZ.NET, November 2, 2010, accessed April 23, 2011 .
- ^ " Swissport Gains Bigger Slice of Ground Handling With Servisair " Bloomberg . August 2, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013
- ↑ Merger control: Commission approves takeover of the ground handler Servisair by Swissport subject to certain conditions. In: europa.eu. European Commission, December 18, 2013, accessed July 3, 2014 .
- ↑ Swissport is taken over by Chinese group. Tages-Anzeiger , July 30, 2015, accessed July 30, 2015 .
