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| FCC's airport handling unit awarded new licences in Spain Flightcare, a subsidiary of FCC Corp., one of Spain's largest construction groups, is successfully starting up at the seven Spanish airports for which it was awarded 7-year operating licences. Flightcare will begin providing services at Barcelona airport, where it will have over 30% of the market, handling 40,000 flights per year. The company has a 35% market share at Alicante airport, where it has been operating since 21 February, when it also began providing cargo handling services. Valencia airport was the first base to be inaugurated (14 December 2006) and, after the good track record of the last few months, Flightcare now has over 55% of the market. On 15 February, Flightcare began operating at Jerez airport, where it handles 55% of flights. The other three bases will be inaugurated in the next few days: Almeria on 27 February, Malaga on 2 March, and Fuerteventura on 8 March. Flightcare expects to handle over 110, 000 flights per year at the seven airports combined, where it has a portfolio of over 90 clients and will foreseeably bill 100 million euro with the support of a 1,700-strong team of experienced staff. The company already provides cargo handling services at Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Alicante, Valencia, Bilbao, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Almerķa and Jerez airports and is Spain's leading independent cargo operator. Additionally, Flightcare provides handling services in Belgium (Brussels, Ostend and Liege) and Italy (Rome Fiumicino and Ciampino). write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |