Edelweiss Air and CGS Customer Ground Service Ltd. have extended their agreement under which CGS procures and supplies newspapers for the airline for a further four years. Edelweiss Air is one of the CGS “Newspapers” business unit’s biggest customers, and the extension to the present accord substantially strengthens CGS’s position in this market segment.

The agreement covers the provision of newspaper services by both CGS Zurich and CGS Geneva. CGS won the contract extension (following a corresponding tender invitation from Edelweiss Air) by offering the best value-for-money among all the bids submitted.

British Airways is to entrust CGS with the entire duty management at its Geneva station. The new arrangement will come into effect on 1 May. CGS will be assigning four full-time positions to this key function. The duty managers will report to British Airways’ Geneva station manager, and will be tasked with ensuring smooth and successful day-to-day British Airways and BA City Flyer operations.

British Airways’ full outsourcing of this vital airport task to CGS further strengthens the close partnership between the two companies. It is also a clear confirmation of this reputed airline’s satisfaction with the top-quality services that CGS already provides.
 

CGS Switzerland has unveiled a new overall structure for its organisation. The revised structure sees Perry W. Jenning hand over the overall operational management of CGS Switzerland to Thomas Brodbeck. In a further move, Andreas Berchtold joins Executive Management as Director of Operations.

British Airways plc has named CGS Geneva as its future provider of lounge services at Geneva Airport. CGS will assume its new responsibility on 1 March. The parties have concluded a three-year agreement to this end.

In assuming responsibility for the British Airways lounge at Geneva Airport, CGS is further pursuing its declared strategy of providing niche services for airlines, airports, ground handling agents and other companies within the airline sector.