Annual Report 2010 in PDF - BBA Aviation

ASIG Focused on growth
32 — Directors’ Report
ASIG’s growing capabilities and the addition of new locations and new services refects the changing
needs of the global commercial aviation market and underline ASIG’s status as a market leader.
In 2010 ASIG extended its European reach with contracts at fve new airports in the UK, including fuel
facility management and aircraft refuelling at Belfast City Airport and Leeds Bradford International Airport.
Elsewhere in Europe and the UK, ASIG has introduced new services including ground and passenger
handling and ground support equipment maintenance, some as a direct result of its acquisition of
SAS Ground Services UK in June.
With the A380 super jumbo aircraft now in operation, ASIG has pioneered a bespoke service for airlines
fying the A380 at both Manchester, the frst regional airport in the world to operate the A380 daily, and
London Heathrow airports. ASIG dedicates a team of at least 20 employees to each Emirates A380
turnaround at Heathrow to ensure that the customer’s demand for excellence is met. In other parts of the
airport, whether providing a premium service team to assist Emirates’ passengers, fuelling Singapore
Airlines with up to 200,000 litres of fuel per plane, or de-icing a Qantas A380 ready for take of, ASIG is rising
to the challenge of servicing the world’s largest aircraft across multiple contact points and locations.
London Heathrow: ASIG fuels an Airbus A380 aircraft. ASIG fuels the A380 for all three airlines that fly the super jumbo aircraft into
London Heathrow.