Baltic Ground Services to Support Wizz Air Operations At Vilnius International Airport

Oct. 27, 2014
Baltic Ground Services will provide the Hungarian low-cost airline with ground handling services at Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania for another 3 years.

Baltic Ground Services, the international ground handling and aircraft fuelling provider, has announced about the extension of ground handling agreement with Wizz Air Hungary. In accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract, Baltic Ground Services will provide the Hungarian low-cost airline with ground handling services at Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania for another 3 years.

Fuelled by new agreements and intensifying operations of its clients, this summer the company’s share in Vilnius International Airport’s ground handling market has reached 60%. Apart from the latest cooperation extension with Wizz Air, this year alone Baltic Ground Services has signed or extended the existing cooperation agreements with such industry players as Finnair, Air Lituanica, Ukraine International Airlines, DHL, ArkeFly, Enter Air and KlasJet.

“The latest agreement expansion with one of the Europe’s leading low-cost carriers proves that the high quality of our facilities and the professional attitude of our dedicated specialists are gaining more and more recognition among the existing as well as potential clients. After all, Baltic Ground Services currently boasts the highest quality and on-time-performance rating on the entire Wizz Air’s 92 station network,” shares Darius Aleknavicius, the CEO of Baltic Ground Services. “Moreover, the company has recently carried out a client survey which showed 93.7% of airlines to be highly satisfied/satisfied with our support. As the company is currently implementing the LEAN processes in all of its operations, I am certain that Baltic Ground Services will continue reaching new heights in the exceptionally competitive segment of the aviation industry and strengthening its position in the major European markets.”

Being a part of a WSE-listed Avia Solutions Group, Baltic Ground Services (together with Baltic Ground Services Poland and Baltic Ground Services Italy) offers into-plane fuelling, catering and other services at various airports in Lithuania, Poland and Italy. With its long-standing experience working with the leading European aviation companies, Baltic Ground Services provides ground handling services to such carriers as Finnair, Turkish Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Aeroflot, Brussels Airlines, Transaero Airlines and others.

About Baltic Ground Services:

Baltic Ground Services (BGS) provides ground handling and fuelling services, including check-in and boarding of passengers, baggage handling, aircraft cabin and exterior cleaning, cabin heating, de-icing, aircraft towing and pushback, catering as well as other services, at Lithuanian and Polish airports.  In 2008, BGS has become the first in Europe and one of the ten in the world ground handling company to be awarded the ISAGO safety and quality certificate for ground handling services. BGS is a part of aviation business group Avia Solutions Group. For more about Baltic Ground Services, please visit us at www.bgs.aero.