Category: February 2022

Azul awards Swissport handling contract at Viracopos

Swissport resizedBrazilian airline Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras has awarded Swissport to provide ground handling services at Viracopos International Airport.

Swissport will provide ramp handling, aircraft cleaning, and cargo handling in the eight year contract at the airport in Campinas, Sao Paulo state. The two companies already work together at eight airports in Brazil.

Rene Pascua, Head of Latin America and Caribbean at Swissport said: “Swissport has been serving Azul at several airports since the start of their operations in 2008, and we are honoured to earn their renewed trust and to serve them at their home base. Swissport is well prepared to support Azul’s growth in Brazil and beyond as it adds new aircraft.”

At Viracopos, Azul serves 66 locations across Latin America and a few in the US and Portugal, primarily operating narrow-body Airbuses, ATRs and Embraers and a few widebody Airbuses, and it has A350s on order.

Unifi handles Breeze Airways flights in West Palm Beach

Breeze Airways resizedUnifi has extended its partnership with Breeze Airways to handle services in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Since Breeze Airways’ inaugural flight in May 2021, Unifi has been providing services at several airports and will support six flights a week at West Palm Beach International Airport.

Gautum Thakkar, CEO of Unifi says: “We’ve been a proud partner of Breeze Airways since they started. As their largest aviation services provider, we are thrilled to support their Seriously Nice™ approach to their customers by delivering strong performance across all measurable categories.”

In addition to West Palm Beach, Unifi also provides Breeze with ground handling services in Akron, Ohio; Bentonville/Fayetteville, Arkansas; Hartford, Connecticut; Huntsville, Alabama; Louisville, Kentucky; Norfolk, Virginia; Providence, Rhode Island; San Antonio, Texas; Tampa, Florida; and Tulsa, Oklahoma.