Bahrain Airport Services (BAS) has signed an agreement with Al Sabah Construction as the official contractor for the new Sakhir Airbase Catering Facility.
The agreement was signed yesterday by Mohamed Khalil, the chief executive of BAS, and Ali Subah, the chairman of Al Sabah Construction, in the presence of Commander of Sakhir Air Base Major General Staff Pilot Mohammad Al Musallam on the second day of the Bahrain International Airshow 2022.
Comprising of a 7500sqm plot area, the state-of-the-art catering facility will be located within the vicinity of the Sakhir Airbase.
The catering facility will include a wide number of skilled employees who will manage the daily catering requirements for VIP flight operations, as well as other customers in surrounding areas and major events such as the Bahrain International Airshow.
Commenting on the partnership, Mr Khalil said: “It gives us great pleasure to be partnering with Al Sabah Construction, a construction pioneer in the kingdom since its inception in 1985, on the Sakhir Airbase Catering Facility. The facility aims to further expand and establish our catering operations to serve a wider range of clients throughout the kingdom.
“With over 40 years of experience in providing catering services to inflight catering customers, airport terminal lounges, in addition to cooperate catering customers, the new facility is set to be the third catering unit within Bahrain managed by BAS Catering and its subsidiary BDC Catering,” he added.
Meanwhile, in a separate announcement, BAS annoucced an agreement with DHL Express to provide cargo ground handling services, as well as DHL Aviation to provide warehousing services.
The signing took place on the first day of BIAS 2022, where Nabeel Kanoo, the chairman of BAS, and Nour Suliman, the chief executive of DHL Express Middle East and North Africa and Andrew Love, the vice-president for air capacity sales at DHL, signed the two agreements in the presence of Mr Khalil and other officials from both sides.
Over the course of one year, BAS will be providing cargo ground handling services for DHL aircrafts, which include ramp, cargo and parking services, as well as Unit Load Devices (ULDs).
As for DHL Aviation, the agreement stipulates that BAS will be providing warehousing services for a period of two years, which include cargo and mail handling, customs declarations, cargo acceptance, preparation of ULDs, as well as bulk cargo.
Commenting on the partnership, Mr Kanoo said: “This agreement comes as a testament to our continued efforts in providing our partners with the highest standards of cargo ground handling and warehousing operations.
“Through this partnership, we aim to further strengthen the relationship between both companies and lay down the base for a wide range of opportunities in the coming future,” he added.
Mr Suliman said such strategic partnerships reiterate DHL’s commitment to further strengthening the kingdom’s logistics infrastructure and boosting its position as a prime regional logistics hub.
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