SAS Ground Services
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SAS Ground Handling is Europe's third largest full-service provider of aircraft ground handling
and airport
related services. SAS Ground Handling is the largest ground handling company in Scandinavia.
As of July 1, 2010 SAS Ground Services is renamed to SAS Ground Handling.
SAS Ground Handling serves more than 160 airports in 40 countries. Each year it handles more than 74 million travelers, over 506,000 departures and 396,000 tons of cargo and mail.
SAS Ground Handling has about 8.400 employees. SAS Ground Handling is owned by the SAS Group
.
As part of the Core-SAS strategy formed by the SAS Group
in February 2009, some of SAS Ground Handling operations are being divested or outsourced.
Aircraft ground handling
In aviation, aircraft ground handling defines the servicing of an aircraft while it is on the ground and parked at a terminal gate of an airport.-Overview:...
and airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
related services. SAS Ground Handling is the largest ground handling company in Scandinavia.
As of July 1, 2010 SAS Ground Services is renamed to SAS Ground Handling.
SAS Ground Handling serves more than 160 airports in 40 countries. Each year it handles more than 74 million travelers, over 506,000 departures and 396,000 tons of cargo and mail.
SAS Ground Handling has about 8.400 employees. SAS Ground Handling is owned by the SAS Group
SAS Group
Scandinavian Airlines System Aktiebolag , trading as SAS Group and SAS AB, is a holding company based in Solna, Sweden. It is the parent company of the airlines Scandinavian Airlines, Blue1 and Widerøe, and the aviation services companies SAS Business Opportunities, SAS Cargo Group, SAS Ground...
.
As part of the Core-SAS strategy formed by the SAS Group
SAS Group
Scandinavian Airlines System Aktiebolag , trading as SAS Group and SAS AB, is a holding company based in Solna, Sweden. It is the parent company of the airlines Scandinavian Airlines, Blue1 and Widerøe, and the aviation services companies SAS Business Opportunities, SAS Cargo Group, SAS Ground...
in February 2009, some of SAS Ground Handling operations are being divested or outsourced.
- SAS Ground Services Finland was divested to ISS Palvelut in July 2009.
- SAS Ground Services UK was divested to ASIG in June 2010.