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Nov 26, 2019 (newstodate): Menzies Aviation has landed Qatar Airways as a significant new customer for ground handling in Scandinavia.
   Starting from January 2020, Menzies will take over ground handling of Qatar Airways' flights at Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Gothenburg replacing the carrier's earlier provider, SAS Ground Handling.
   The five-year contract with Qatar Airways will comprise the handling of some 2,000 flights per year.
   The contract does not comprise handling of Qatar Airways in Oslo that remains with SAS Ground Handling, while handling of Qatar Airways at Helsinki remains with Swissport.
    Qatar Airways launched flights from Qatar to Scandinavia with Stockholm as its first destination from November 27, 2007, adding flights from Qatar to Copenhagen from March 30, 2010, and between Qatar and Oslo from October 5, 2011, rounding off in the Nordic region with flights to Helsinki, Finland, from October 10, 2016 - and adding Gothenburg as its second destination in Sweden from December 12, 2018.
   During the winter 2019/20 schedule, Qatar Airways is operating a total of 66 weekly flights between Doha and its Nordic destinations, including 17 weekly flights at Copenhagen, 14 weekly flights at Stockholm, Oslo and Helsinki, respectively, and seven weekly flights at Gothenburg.