Press Release

Issued by Green Charter 2022.

April 10, 2008

Swissport International is further consolidating its leading industry position. The world number one in the aviation services sector is adding various new activities in Vienna, Kiev, Paris and Athens to its product and client portfolio.

Swissport has announced a series of innovations and developments within its European station network. The additional products and services in particular will further enhance the appeal of the world's leading ground handling provider to its customer airlines.

Swissport Cargo Services extended its airfreight activities to Vienna Airport at the beginning of April. The new operation is set to handle some 25 000 tonnes of cargo a year; and the present warehouse capacity should be extended to over 3 300 square metres by 2009. Vienna is a key location for Swissport's expansion of its services in Eastern Europe, a market that regularly reports annual growth of some 20%. The first customers of the new Swissport Cargo Services operation include Lufthansa, Air France/KLM, Alitalia and DHL. Further reputed airlines are expected to join them soon.

Swissport will extend its present passenger services at Kiev Airport to ramp activities on June 1. The company has just won the corresponding licence for a ten-year period. The expansion underlines Swissport's high ambitions for the Ukrainian market. The Swissport customer portfolio in Kiev includes home hub carrier Ukraine International and over 20 further airlines.

A number of air carriers elected to adopt new ground handling solutions for their operations at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport at the beginning of the year. Flybe, Asiana, Dallo, Egyptair, Ethiopian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Air Transat and Lufthansa will all commence new partnerships with Swissport in the next two months (some of them in collaboration with WFS). The new agreements reflect the efforts currently being made by Star Alliance to bring as much of its members' ground handling operations "under one roof" as possible.

Swissport has also reported further commercial success and new business agreements at Athens Airport from April 1. Jet2.com, Albanian Airlines and Volare have all signed up to receive Swissport services at Athens; and Monarch Airlines has entrusted all its ground handling to Swissport, not only in Athens but also on the four Greek islands served by the UK-based carrier.