There are already four handling companies, ground support services, to operate at Beja Airport, thanks to the increase in the number of executive flights that use the Alentejo infrastructure.
Portway, Omni, Safeporto, from the Hi Fly Group and Sky Valet, there are four handling companies (ground handling services), that provide assistance services to aircraft on the ground, that are operating at Beja Airport.
Assistance services are provided in Categories and for each Category there are different modalities. ANAC issues licenses for the categories/modalities that companies intend to develop.
With these licenses, companies then seek market access licenses, in order to carry out activities at airports.
Source from ANA-Aeroportos de Portugal, explained to Lidador NotĂcias that “other handling operators may appear. We can associate the appearance of these new handlers with the growth of the executive aviation segment”, justified.
It should be noted that Beja airport (BYJ/LPBJ) is not coordinated by slots.
11 October 2011 (news Sic News)
Beja airport today received the first private flight from the world's leading operator in executive aviation, a norte-americana Netjets, with which ANA is working to capture more operations of this kind for Alentejo infrastructure. Netjets' Hawker 400XP plane, coming from London, arrived at 13.35 to Beja airport, said ANA source – Aeroportos de Portugal. According to the source, today's private flight is the result of the “intense” work to promote Beja airport that ANA has been carrying out with Netjets customers.
What is Handling (short for Ground Handling Services)
Also known as ground support services, is a designation that covers all services provided on the ground to support aircraft, passengers, baggage, cargo and mail. These services can be provided by the airports themselves or by external companies.
Teixeira Correia
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