Babcock International Group PLC Contract Award (2289J)
08 September 2016 - 6:00PM
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Babcock International Group PLC
08 September 2016
8 September 2016
Babcock International Group PLC (Babcock or the Group)
Babcock awarded contract to support Qantas across Australia
Babcock today announces that it has been awarded a five-year
contract, with an option for a further two years, to support Qantas
Group's ground support equipment (GSE) fleet at 60 locations across
Australia.
The agreement streamlines the management of the airline's fleet
of over 10,000 Ground Service Equipment assets spread across 60
locations within Australia, including Qantas' domestic, regional,
freight, catering and engineering operations, as well as
Jetstar.
Working with Qantas as its asset management partner, Babcock
will deliver a programme to improve reliability of equipment and
provide significant long term capability and cost benefits.
The Group already provides a range of support services at
international airports, including London (Heathrow, Gatwick),
Amsterdam (Schiphol) and São Paulo (Guarulhos) and most recently
Rome (Fiumincino), and has extensive experience of successfully
delivering fleet management services to a range of customers
including the London Fire Brigade and Metropolitan Police.
Archie Bethel, Chief Executive of Babcock International Group,
said:
"We have a proven track record of improving the performance and
reliability of our customer's assets, whilst delivering efficiency
savings. Qantas are regarded as one of the world's leading
long-distance airlines and we are very much looking forward to
working with them to implement a suite of modern fleet management
systems and tools which will enhance safe and effective fleet
capability across all the airline's sites."
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Enquiries
Babcock International
Group PLC 020 7355 5300
Franco Martinelli
Kate Hill
FTI Consulting 020 3727 1340
Andrew Lorenz
Nick Hasell
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