Aviapartner

Aviapartner, whose origins date back to 1949 under the name of Herfurth Air Services to become '''Belgavia''' in the late 1960s, is a Belgian company that provides ground handling services at 72 airports in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and recently in South Africa (acquired part of South-African handler). Among the airports served are Amsterdam, Brussels, Milan, Düsseldorf, Rome, Nice, Toulouse and Málaga .

==History== In 1949, Belgavia was founded in Antwerp, Belgium. In the following years, it expanded their services to the airports of Ostend (1957), Liège (1965) and Brussels (1970). It was not until the 1990s for the company to go international. Bases in France and later in Germany were opened. In 1999, the name was changed to Aviapartner. The group expanded by taking over Servisair in Rotterdam (2002), Aero Groundservices in Amsterdam (2007) and SAT in Bordeaux and La Rochelle (2010).