Spanish Airport Authority Receives 167 Bids For Ground Handling Work At 19 Airports

Nov. 18, 2014
Iberia, Globalia, Acciona and Menzies are the confirmed participants.

According to ABC, yesterday the period for presenting offers for the second phase of the renovation of handling licenses in the 19 major airports in the Aena network ended. The companies Iberia, Globalia, Acciona and Menzies are the confirmed participants.

Five of the 19 major airports (Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, Barcelona-El Prat, Málaga-Costa del Sol, Alicante-Elche y Palma de Mallorca) expect to have three agents and 15 licenses are up for bid. The other 14 airports (Asturias, Bilbao, Fuerteventura, Girona, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Menorca,Tenerife Sur, Tenerife Norte, Reus, Santiago, Sevilla, Valencia y Gran Canaria) expect to have two agents each and 28 licenses. Moreover, this second phase includes the tender of the service to the Canary Island airports of La Gomera and El Hierro, which will have one license.

The four companies mentioned above have also presented bids in the first phase of the tender, where the licenses for 22 smaller airports are up for grabs, in addition to the freight services in the Zaragoza and Vitoria airports. In addition to the four companies mentioned above, Aena has received propositions for the first phase from Clece (ACS)/Thaler, Swissport, Lesma, World Wide Flight Services, Wisag Aviation Service GMBH&COKG and Aviapartner SAS.

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