Aviance UK was an aircraft ground handling

Aircraft ground handling

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 agent, operating at 15 airports in the UK and many more, as part of its alliance, worldwide. It was a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group

Go-Ahead Group

The Go-Ahead Group plc is a rail and bus operating company that was created following the privatisation of the UK's train and bus industries. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.-Early history:...

, a rail, bus and aviation services provider across the UK. In December 2009 it was announced that Aviance UK would move away from the aviation industry beginning with the sale of 11 aviance stations to Servisair

Servisair

Servisair is an aircraft ground handling company, operating at 175 airports worldwide.It is a subsidiary of Derichebourg. Its head office is in the Servisair House in Runcorn, Cheshire...

 with contracts due for exchange by late January 2010. Stations at Heathrow

London Heathrow Airport

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 Terminal 1 and Jersey Airport

Jersey Airport

-Busiest routes:Some airlines offer services between Jersey and other destinations with an intermediate stop at Guernsey. There are also periodic charter flights to European holiday destinations, Madeira and ski destinations operated by airlines such as Aurigny Air Services, Europe Airpost, Palmair...

 would remain with Aviance until contracts expired in 2011.

Aviance is currently a non trading company still registered at Go-Ahead Group's registered office

Registered office

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History

The name Aviance UK was adopted following the acquisition of Reed Aviation, Midland Airport Services and British Midland Airways' ground handling activities, which merged with the Go-Ahead owned company Gatwick Handling

Gatwick Handling

Gatwick Handling Limited was an aircraft ground handling agent headquartered at London Gatwick Airport.Gatwick Handling was originally established in the late-1960s as a new company jointly owned by Airbourne Aviation and Messrs Metcalfe and Foukes...

 (GHI).

On 31 August 2004, Aviance acquired full ownership of Plane Handling

Plane Handling

Plane Handling is one of the largest independent aircraft ground handling companies in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1987 at Radius Park. The company specialises in ground and cargo handling and is headquartered at London Heathrow Airport. n n nPlane Handling runs services...

, purchasing the remaining 50% shareholding from its then joint venture partner Virgin Aviation for a total consideration of £20 million.

Operations

Aviance divided operations into several service lines (although not all services were available at every location in the UK):

• Ground Handling
• Cargo
• Lounges
• Airport Agencies
• Central De-Icing

United Kingdom Locations

• Aberdeen Airport
  Aberdeen Airport
  Aberdeen Airport is an international airport, located at Dyce, a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, approximately northwest of Aberdeen city centre. 2.76 million passengers used Aberdeen Airport in 2010, a reduction of 7.4% compared with 2009, making it the 15th busiest airport in the UK...
  
  
• Belfast International Airport
  Belfast International Airport
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• Belfast City Airport
• Birmingham International Airport
• Cardiff Airport
• Durham Tees Valley Airport
  Durham Tees Valley Airport
  Durham Tees Valley Airport is an international airport in north east England, located southeast of Darlington, about southwest of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. The airport serves County Durham and parts of North Yorkshire, and is in Middleton St George in the borough of Darlington...
  
  
• Edinburgh Airport
  Edinburgh Airport
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• Glasgow International Airport
  Glasgow International Airport
  Glasgow International Airport is an international airport in Scotland, located west of Glasgow city centre, near the towns of Paisley and Renfrew in Renfrewshire...
  
  
• Jersey Airport
  Jersey Airport
  -Busiest routes:Some airlines offer services between Jersey and other destinations with an intermediate stop at Guernsey. There are also periodic charter flights to European holiday destinations, Madeira and ski destinations operated by airlines such as Aurigny Air Services, Europe Airpost, Palmair...
  
  
• London Gatwick Airport
  London Gatwick Airport
  Gatwick Airport is located 3.1 miles north of the centre of Crawley, West Sussex, and south of Central London. Previously known as London Gatwick,In 2010, the name changed from London Gatwick Airport to Gatwick Airport...
  
  
• London Heathrow Airport
  London Heathrow Airport
  London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow , in the London Borough of Hillingdon, is the busiest airport in the United Kingdom and the third busiest airport in the world in terms of total passenger traffic, handling more international passengers than any other airport around the globe...
  
  
• London Luton Airport
  London Luton Airport
  London Luton Airport is an international airport located east of the town centre in the Borough of Luton in Bedfordshire, England and is north of Central London. The airport is from Junction 10a of the M1 motorway...
  
  
• London Stansted Airport
  London Stansted Airport
  -Cargo:-Statistics:-Infrastructure:-Terminal and satellite buildings:Stansted is the newest passenger airport of all the main London airports. The terminal is an oblong glass building, and is separated in to three areas: Check-in concourse, arrivals and departures...
  
  
• Manchester Airport
• Southampton Airport
  Southampton Airport
  Southampton Airport is the 20th largest airport in the UK, located north north-east of Southampton, in the Borough of Eastleigh within Hampshire, England....