Swissport Tanzania: The Leading Provider of Airport Ground and Air Cargo Handling Services

Mrisho Yassin, CEO of Swissport Tanzania, gives an overview of the company. Swissport Tanzania is a subsidiary of Swissport International Limited, the world’s leader in airport ground services and air cargo handling.

“Swissport Tanzania started operating in Tanzania in 1985 and has been in business for 36 years. Our core mandate is the provision of ground handling services at international airports. Currently, we are providing services to Julius Nyerere and Kilimanjaro International Airports. These are the two major airports we operate in. We used to operate in other small airports, such as Mtwara and Songea Airports, but we closed those operations in 2019. As a ground handling business, we mainly deliver passenger handling, ramp, and cargo handling services to a number of airlines flying to Julius Nyerere International Airport and Kilimanjaro International Airport. Swissport Tanzania is a subsidiary of Swissport International Limited, the leading global ground holding company. It has been a subsidiary since the year 2000 when Swissport International Limited invested in Tanzania. We have gained a lot of benefits as subsidiaries, especially in terms of research and development and leadership. The company had operated a monopoly from 1985 until 2016 when the market environment in Tanzania was liberalized and other new handlers were allowed to operate and start providing ground handling services. Despite the competition, we have been able to retain almost 90% of the business that we had during the monopoly, mainly because we have a good performance track record, a strong leadership, and a committed team to provide the quality and safe services required by the airlines. We have also invested quite a lot into ground handling support equipment and warehouse infrastructure, which is what airlines and people looking for services are looking at”, says Mrisho Yassin.

ABOUT SWISSPORT: Swissport is an aviation services company providing airport ground and cargo handling services. In 2020, Swissport International provided best-in-class airport ground services for some 82 million airline passengers and handled roughly 4.1 million tons of air freight at 116 cargo warehouses worldwide.

For more information, please visit: https://www.swissport.com.

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