Aviance UK

Aviance UK Ltd

Type	Aircraft ground handling
Industry	Aviation (Outsourcing)
Founded	2000
Headquarters	London Heathrow Airport
Products	Aircraft ground handling Airport lounges
Number of employees	21,500
Parent	Go-Ahead Group

Aviance UK was an aircraft ground handling agent, operating at 15 airports in the United Kingdom and many more, as part of its alliance, worldwide. It was a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group, a rail, bus and aviation services provider across the UK. In December 2009 it was announced that Aviance UK would move away from the aviation industry beginning with the sale of 11 aviance stations to Servisair with contracts due for exchange by late January 2010. Stations at Heathrow Terminal 1 and Jersey Airport remained with Aviance until its contracts expired in 2011.^[1]

Aviance is currently a non trading company still registered at Go-Ahead Group's registered office.^[2]

History

The name Aviance UK was adopted following the acquisition of Reed Aviation, Midland Airport Services and British Midland Airways' ground handling activities, which merged with the Go-Ahead owned company Gatwick Handling International (GHI).

On 31 August 2004, Aviance acquired full ownership of Plane Handling, purchasing the remaining 50% shareholding from its then joint venture partner Virgin Aviation for a total consideration of £20 million.

Operations

Aviance divided operations into several service lines (although not all services were available at every location in the UK):

Ground Handling
Cargo
Lounges
Airport Agencies
Central De-Icing

Former locations

References

External links

Official website

Go-Ahead Group

United Kingdom bus companies	Anglian Bus Brighton & Hove Carousel Buses Go-Ahead London Blue Triangle Docklands Buses London Central London General Go North East Go South Coast Bluestar Marchwood Motorways Uni-link Damory Coaches Southern Vectis Wilts & Dorset More Salisbury Reds Tourist Group Hedingham Chambers Konectbus Metrobus Oxford Bus Company Plymouth Citybus Thames Travel

Singapore bus companies	Go-Ahead Singapore

United Kingdom railway companies (as Govia)	Govia Thameslink Railway including Gatwick Express Great Northern Southern Thameslink London Midland Southeastern

Defunct UK operations	Aviance UK East Thames Buses Meteor Parking Solent Blue Line Thames Trains Thameslink (Govia)

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