Aviapartner, whose origins date back to 1949 under the name 'Belgavia', is a Belgian company which provides aircraft ground handling services at 32 airports in Belgium

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, France

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, Germany

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, Italy

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 and The Netherlands. Among the airports served are Amsterdam, Brussels, Berlin-Tegel, Frankfurt A.M., Milan, Rome, Nice and Paris-CDG. On June 9th, 2011 it was announced Aviapartner had lost its operating license on Brussels airport

Brussels Airport

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 to Swiss-based Swissport

Swissport

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for a period of 7 years.

Range of ground handling services

• Passenger handling:

Check-in, ticketing, boarding assistance, lost and found baggage services, assistance to disabled passengers, passenger ground transportation.

• Ramp handling:

Loading and unloading of baggage and cargo to/from aircraft on the ramp, ground power provision for aircraft, cleaning, water and sanitary services, freight and baggage transfer to terminal, crew transfer from aircraft to terminal/hotel, pushback and towing, with headset, aircraft de-icing.

• Traffic operations:

Preparation of flight documentation, ground to air communication, calculation of weight and balance, set-up of loadsheet, crew briefing, flight supervision.

• Cargo handling:

Warehousing, palletizing, import and export procedures, customs clearance, trucking services.

• Courier handling:

Transfer of courier and express shipments to/from other warehouses and aircraft, handling of express flights operated from the Brussels Airport Courier center.

Corporate Airlines on Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

• Afriqiyah Airways
• Air Baltic
• Austrian Airlines
• British Airways
• BMI baby
• Croatia Airlines
• Finnair
• Flyair
• Iberia
• Lufthansa
• Nouvelair
• Pegasus Airlines
• International Airlines
• TAP Portugal
• Tunisair
• Vueling
• Malaysia Airlines
• ... and A380 ready!

Corporate Airlines on Brussels Airport

• Aegean Airlines
• Air Arabia
• Air Baltic
• Air France
• Air Malta
• Air Transat
• Alitalia
• Blue1
• BMI
• British Airways
• Czech Airlines
• Continental Airlines
• Easyjet
• El Al
• Ethiopian Airlines
• Etihad Airways
• Finnair
• Fly BE
• Icelandair
• KLM
• Malev Hungarian Airlines
• Nouvelair
• Pegasus Airlines
• Qatar
• SAS
• Syrian Airlines
• TAP Portugal
• TAROM
• Thomas Cook Airlines
• Transavia Airlines
• Turkish Airlines
• United Airlines
• Vueling
• ...

Corporate Airlines on Nice Airport

• Aeroflot
• Air Italy
• Air Transat
• Austrian Airlines
• BMI Baby
• British Airways
• City Airline
• Easyjet
• Flybe
• Germanwings
• Iberia
• KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
• Lufthansa
• Rossiya
• SAS Scandinavian Airlines
• Brussels Airlines
• TAP Portugal
• Transavia Airlines
• ...

Awards

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol presented Aviapartner with 'The Best Handler Award' in 2003 and 2007, 2008 and 2009 for its excellent performance in the areas of service, safety, and co-operation.

Aviapartner received the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) registration for : Amsterdam (December 2008), Frankfurt (July 2009), Düsseldorf (September 2009), Munich (October 2009), Brussels (October 2009), Milan-Malpensa (November 2009), Nice (November 2009) Lyon (December 2009), Turin (May 2010), Venice (June 2010) and also Rotterdam (May 2011).