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Apr 06, 2011 (newstodate): Despite its ownership by one of the parties behind Aviator Airport Alliance that has now acquired Novia at Copenhagen Airport, Copenhagen Flight Services will remain an independent player in the market.
Copenhagen Flight Services will launch business as the airport's third handling company from June 1, 2011, with easyJet as its first customer.
-We are fully unaffected by the new situation at Copenhagen Airport despite being a subsidiary of the Swedish Nordic Aero Group, a member of Aviator and thus co-owner of Novia, says Torben Andersen, Copenhagen Flight Services managing director.
-We have full freedom to compete against both other handling agents at the airport and will certainly do so in the future, with no restraints.
-As for now, we are building up to start business with easyJet, and I do not plan to take in more airline customers before being firmly settled and seeing wheels spinning after the initial period that will of course require new experience to accumulate. After that, it will be full throttle.
-In the current market at Copenhagen Airport, roughly one-third of the airlines are handled by Novia and the remainder by the SAS Group's SGS. I see our future mainly with newcomers to Copenhagen Airport but I will of course not preclude the possibility that some of the existing airlines here may change side by and by, says Mr Andersen.
In this build-up phase, Copenhagen flight Services expects to grow to some 40-50 staff to serve EasyJet including 20 staff on the apron and another 20 serving passengers at the check-in positions and in the low-cost facility CPH Go.
Copenhagen Flight Services will launch business as the airport's third handling company from June 1, 2011, with easyJet as its first customer.
-We are fully unaffected by the new situation at Copenhagen Airport despite being a subsidiary of the Swedish Nordic Aero Group, a member of Aviator and thus co-owner of Novia, says Torben Andersen, Copenhagen Flight Services managing director.
-We have full freedom to compete against both other handling agents at the airport and will certainly do so in the future, with no restraints.
-As for now, we are building up to start business with easyJet, and I do not plan to take in more airline customers before being firmly settled and seeing wheels spinning after the initial period that will of course require new experience to accumulate. After that, it will be full throttle.
-In the current market at Copenhagen Airport, roughly one-third of the airlines are handled by Novia and the remainder by the SAS Group's SGS. I see our future mainly with newcomers to Copenhagen Airport but I will of course not preclude the possibility that some of the existing airlines here may change side by and by, says Mr Andersen.
In this build-up phase, Copenhagen flight Services expects to grow to some 40-50 staff to serve EasyJet including 20 staff on the apron and another 20 serving passengers at the check-in positions and in the low-cost facility CPH Go.