Jason Holt

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have warned four companies with the management of ground handling at airports in the UK, that you are near collapse, putting thousands of jobs At Risk .

Swissport, Worldwide Flight Services Dnata and Menzies may not be able to continue in operation for More Than a couple of weeks, putting 25,000 jobs At Risk .

In a joint letter, they called for urgent help from the government.

With the majority of passenger flights are subjected to in the midst of the Corona-Virus-pandemic who have taken their revenues to take a hit.

In The Letter to the Chancellor, you have said: "We are all in the location, the weather previous crises, whether 9/11, Sars or the Icelandic volcanic eruption, but Covid-19 is different, it is longer-term, both on a global as well. "

The company, 90% of airport handling services across the country, and to say that the airports might be shut, if they break together.

they warned that without their services, "The Airport infrastructure in the UK would come to a standstill for up to four months".

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Between you cut it, these four companies manage almost all of the ground handling operations required, the airlines, the British airports. They include fuelling, cleaning, baggage-transfer, departure gate services and the loading and unloading of cargo.

you don't work for the airports themselves, but a direct contract with the airlines. They work on a "pay-as-you-go" basis, charging for each service you offer.

However, the airlines cut their passenger operations, again due to travel restrictions around The World , with the Corona-Virus-pandemic.

Cargo-operations will be continued, and in fact some of the planes, which have been normally the passengers, the cargo, as a "ghost flights", easy to carry. That is to decrease the source of revenue in the beginning.

As a result of the ground-handlers say that they have lost 95% of their turnover in the last couple of weeks.

According to Swissport chief in Western Europe , Jason Holt , without the immediate support of the government, the sector is "dangerously close to collapse".

to use If the ground-handlers were in administration, it, airports would not be easy to be able to claims.

"The aviation system is a triangle of airlines, airports and ground handling companies," he says.

"Without cargo and ground handling companies, international supply chains will cease to function, while the Covid-19 pandemic, and recovery. "

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by the airports themselves, according to Henk van Klaveren, spokesman for The Airport Operators Association shared His concerns.

"It is a very serious Problem, especially for small airports, where there is only one ground handling operators," he says.

"These airports must still work, even with fewer flights. It is essential that cargo flights to remote regions, and so on. "

The concern in the industry is that, while the airlines themselves will enjoy a High Profile and the political influence that goes with it - ground handling services operate well below the radar, but need help more urgently. As One Executive put it, "No One will see us work smoothly. "

process "will be welcomed accelerates'

The Four companies, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak job retention scheme, under which a state subsidy to cover the wages of employees on vacation.

Holt But, according to Mr, The Process needs to be accelerated, so that they can get The Money quickly.

He says that further measures are required, including holidays, from subject to social insurance contributions and business rates.

A further concern is to not fight that these companies are eligible for the assistance offered by the government under the emergency systems, because The Four companies meet The Right criteria. You have asked for these criteria to be relaxed.

The government, meanwhile, stresses that air transport is important for the UK economy, and can pull in an unprecedented number of measures designed to help companies through The Crisis .

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Source of news: bbc.com