Azzurra - Premiere Handling Marks Anniversary with Turkmenistan Contract
Aviation specialist Azzurra - Premiere Handling Ltd has marked its first anniversary at Birmingham Airport by winning a contract to work with the Turkmenistan national carrier.
It will provide the ground handing for Turkmenistan Airlines, which operates five flights a week between Birmingham and Ashgabat from where there are on-going services to Amritsar.
Azzurra – Premiere Handling in Birmingham now employs more than 50 people, working on activities that included check-in, boarding and baggage handling in addition to cargo services.
In order to service Turkmenistan Airlines, there has been major investment by Azzurra - Premiere Handling such as equipment suitable for the airline’s fleet that includes the Boeing 777-200 LR.
Premiere Handling operates from Manchester, while Azzurra operates at both London Heathrow and Luton. Azzurra – Premiere Handling is already working with British Midland, Brussels Airlines and Titan Airlines. They have also been successful in securing VLM for Birmingham starting soon to Antwerp and now Manchester with Aurigny, Logan Air, Titan Airways, VLM Enter Air, Small Planet, and a number of Ad-hoc Airlines that use Manchester for Football Teams/Supporters, including a number of VIP flights
“The work with Turkmenistan is a great way to mark our first anniversary in Birmingham and builds upon our success in past year,” said Julian Van Gelder, managing director of Premiere Handling.
“Our dedicated team must take credit for how well we have been doing and it has been good to be able to provide new jobs at Birmingham.
“We have been able to employ some very experienced people and well as provide new opportunities for others to work for us in aviation.
“The business that we are in demands both highly skilled staff as well as major investment in highly specialist equipment. Rapid and efficient turnaround is at the core of the commercial aviation business."
It is expected that there will be further additions to the portfolio of airlines working with Azzurra -Premiere Handling in the near future.
