Company Profile

Aviapartner The Netherlands offers passenger, ramp and cargo handling services at Amsterdam and Rotterdam airports.

• Passenger handling: check-in, ticketing, boarding assistance, lost and found baggage services;
• Aircraft handling: loading and unloading, ground power, cleaning, water and sanitary services, freight and baggage transfer, headset, pushback and towing;
• Traffic operations: flight documentation and planning, communication, weight and balance, loadplan en loadsheet, operations communication, crew briefing.
• Cargo handling: warehousing, palletising, import and export procedures, customs clearance, trucking services ( Aero Groundservices in Amsterdam)

In 2007, Aviapartner Handling handled 29,168 (+25%) flights and 4,501,082 passengers in the Netherlands. Aviapartner currently employs some 1080 staff in the Netherlands: 560 in its handling activities in Amsterdam and Rotterdam and 520 in its cargo handling activities. In 2007 Aviapartner Cargo acquired Aero Groundservices, which provides cargo handling services in Amsterdam-Schiphol. Aero Groundservices, now Aviapartner Cargo BV, handles 434,000 tons of cargo and 3,500 aircraft on a yearly basis.

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Facilities and Equipment

The full range of ground handling support equipment to handle aircraft up to B747 is available.

All Aviapartner stations use a DCS information system, either on the airlines' own DCS or on Aviapartner's own Common Language Environment (ACE).

At Amsterdam, Aviapartner's cargo warehouse covers 45,000 m².

All handling services, training and qualifications are in line with JAR OPS.

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