Baltic Ground Services Signs Into-plane Fueling Agreements With Six Carriers Operating From Three Polish Airports

Jan. 29, 2015

Baltic Ground Services, an international ground handling and aircraft fuelling provider, announces a significant expansion of its client portfolio in Poland. Starting January 1st the company is providing fuel supply services to 6 new clients - Turkish Airlines, Wizz Air Hungary, Wizz Air Ukraine, SAS, TAP Portugal and Travel Service. The carriers’ flights will be supported at Warsaw Chopin Airport, Katowice International Airport and John Paul II International Airport Krakow–Balice.

“Currently the air transportation industry in Poland is undergoing steady growth. As in terms of the passenger flow it is forecasted to top 40 million passengers per year in about a decade, the demand for aviation fuelling services increases accordingly. Thus, in 2015 we expect to provide 70 000 tonnes of fuel to our clients in the region,” commented Linas Geguzis, the CEO of Baltic Ground Services Poland. “All in all, we are truly happy that last year more and more well-established industry players had been choosing comprehensive solutions offered by our company. This proves that the high quality of our facilities and the professional attitude of our leading specialists are rightfully gaining recognition worldwide.”

Operating since 2010, Baltic Ground Services Poland is fully licensed to provide ground handling services across 6 Polish airports in Warsaw, Krakow, Katowice, Gdansk, Wroclaw and Poznan. Together with Baltic Ground Services Lithuania, it supports over 15 400 flights and provides more than 100 000 tons of fuel to its clients annually. Apart from new contracts, in 2014 Baltic Ground Services Poland also extended into-plane fuelling contracts with such loyal clients as Alitalia, Aeroflot, Czech 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.