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Eastern Signs New Ground Handling Contract for Aberdeen Hub |
June 2004
Eastern Airways has awarded a three-year, multi-million pound contract to Menzies Aviation Group
to provide passenger and baggage handling services at its hub
airport of Aberdeen. The contract will see Menzies Ground Services
employ 32 staff to support the nine routes Eastern Airways operates
from Aberdeen.
As part of its ongoing commitment to Aberdeen, the airline has also
invested in a new dedicated customer service desk at the airport that
will be staffed by Menzies and supply flight information and handle
ticket sales. The regional airline, headquartered in Humberside, will
operate 14,000 flights to and from Aberdeen this year on its routes to
Belfast, Humberside, Leeds Bradford, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham
East Midlands, Southampton, Teesside and Wick. The airline provides
more destinations from Aberdeen than any other carrier. Eastern Airways
operate over 650 UK scheduled flights each week, and will carry
approximately half a million passengers this year on a route network
that also includes Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Inverness, Isle of
Man, London Stansted and Manchester.
Eastern’s director Graeme Ross said: “Menzies is a world leader in
providing airport handling services and we are delighted that this
contract will serve our extensive route network from Aberdeen. “We have
established ourselves as the largest route operator at the North of
Scotland’s principal airport, offering improved business and leisure
connectivity for this important region. This contract with Menzies and
our new information, ticketing and check-in facilities are the latest
developments in our growth at Aberdeen,” said Mr Ross. Clive Macmillan,
director ground handling solutions at Menzies said: “We are delighted
to have been awarded the contract to handle Eastern Airways in
Aberdeen. Through the Menzies Express brand we are able to offer a
bespoke product as we have proved through the successful start to
operations in Edinburgh and Nottingham East Midlands for Eastern
earlier in the year.”
Geoff Runcie, chief executive of Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of
Commerce said: “Eastern Airways’ commitment to the North-east is
considerable and its network of UK routes from Aberdeen are vital to
our economy. In a competitive business environment it is crucial that
our companies can access the UK’s major business regions by air. I am
pleased to say that Eastern continues to provide air links that enable
the North-east’s economy to develop.”
Photo shows (from left to right): Lindsay Foxton of Eastern Airways,
Geoff Runcie, chief executive of Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of
Commerce, Donna Goldie of Menzies and Graeme Ross, Eastern Airways
director.
Ends
Issued on behalf of Eastern Airways by The BIG Partnership.
Notes to Editors:
Eastern Airways operates over 650 scheduled flights each week in the UK
and will carry approximately half a million passengers this year on its
route network that includes Aberdeen, Belfast International,
Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Humberside, Inverness, Isle of Man,
Leeds Bradford, London Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich,
Nottingham East Midlands, Southampton, Teesside and Wick. Eastern
Airways’ fleet of more than 20 aircraft is made up of British
Aerospace. Saab turboprop and Embraer Regional Jet aircraft. It
includes seven Jetstream 31, 13 Jetstream 41, Embraer ERJ145 and Saab
2000 aircraft. In addition to its scheduled passenger services, Eastern
Airways operates a special to-order passenger and freight aircraft
charter service in the UK and mainland Europe for corporate and private
individual clients.
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