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    Resurgent IAG Ready To Dump Swissport

    Aug. 4, 2014
    IAG is threatening to stop using the company unless it improves its performance following staff shortages at Gatwick that resulted in passengers flying home without their luggage last weekend.

    Source Express - Home of The Daily and Sunday Express

    IAG CEO Willie Walsh acknowledged that “severe weather disruption” had contributed to the chaos, but made it clear that Swissport needed to up its game.
    IAG CEO Willie Walsh acknowledged that “severe weather disruption” had contributed to the chaos, but made it clear that Swissport needed to up its game.

    British Airways owner IAG has heaped further pressure on embattled baggage handling firm Swissport as the airline holding company posted its best second quarter since 2007 with a 55 percent surge in profits driven by a recovery at its Spanish airline Iberia. IAG chief executive Willie Walsh said axing Swissport “is an option available to us”. He added: “ If they do not improve performance they are going to lose business.”