UK’s Birmingham Airport has introduced its second ground handling company, Azzurra Premiere Handling.
Formed by a partnership between Manchester-based Premiere Handling and Azzurra Handling at London Heathrow, the new company provides a complete range of services such as check-in, boarding, push back, baggage handling and aircraft cleaning.
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Azzurra Premiere is already providing services to bmi regional and Brussels Airlines at Birmingham and seeks to expand its business at the airport.
Azzurra Premiere Handling director Vittorio Mazza said: “This is our first step outside of the London market and we see a great opportunity to build a presence at one of the fastest growing airports in the UK, forecasted to handle over 13 million passengers in 2017.
“We are delighted to be working with Brussels Airlines and bmi regional who will be operating up to 16 flights a week to destinations including Graz, Gothenburg and Nuremberg.
“It is also excellent that we have been able to safeguard and create jobs and so make a contribution to the economy of Birmingham and the West Midlands.”
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By GlobalDataThe project involved a six-figure investment towards equipment and infrastructure.
The latest investment has created nearly 40 jobs at Birmingham Airport and further recruitment is expected.
Image: The opening of the ground handling company is expected to give airlines a choice. Photo: courtesy of Birmingham Airport.
