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lenges in the overall market (with airlines,
airports and servicing companies), "
says Philipp Frech, head of Germany and
Austria at Swissport International.
As Frech adds that the recovery of
the German aviation sector has contributed
to good results of the company in
the second quarter of 2022.
" Our first half results in the German
GH market were impacted on the one
hand by the volume reduction of our
airline customers in Q1 2022, mainly
due to the Corona Omicron variant.
On the other hand, our results were
positively impacted by the enormous
flight ramp up in Q2. This month, we
successfully started our operations at
Cologne Bonn Airport for our customer
Eurowings. Our focus this year is further
growth, " says Frech.
As for existing challenges, Frech
and other local ground handlers believe
man market of ground handling services.
According to him, CGN is already the
third largest airport in Germany in terms
of cargo operations with significant
capacity for a further growth.
" It operates 24 hours a day and is
ideally located in the heart of Northwest
Europe with excellent road connections.
In 2021 cargo handled at CGN
increased by 14 percent year over year,
marking a new annual record for the airport, "
Angus says.
According to Angus, a particular
attention of the company this year
will be to integrate its new investment
in Germany into its global network
and to develop its business by attracting
customers to operate at Cologne
Bonn Airport.
In the meantime, other global ground
handlers also consider the German
market a priority for their development
this year. Most of them expect a further
growth of the industry in the second half
of the current year, although believing
that its growth rates will be lower those
initially expected by most operators
and analysts.
" The German market will grow, but at
a slower pace than expected. Main drivers
are the capacity and slot restrictions
at airports as well as resourcing chalHYD-3865.3
the
labor market has been the main
challenge for the industry since 2021.
They also believe that an additional
pressure on the industry and its resourcing
and quality standards will be put
by a high volume of cancellations and
flight irregularities from other airports
and countries, that will probably continue
to be observed throughout the
current year.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
EUGENE GERDEN
Eugene Gerden is an
international freelance
writer, who specializes in
covering the global aviation
and ground handling
industries. He has worked
for several industry titles
and can be reached at
gerden.eug@gmail.com.
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