GSE leasing and maintenance specialist Air Rail has been acquired by investment management company IFM Investors. IFM Investors has acquired a 75% stake in the company. The remaining 25% will be retained by Air Rail's founder José Manuel García Prieto.  Air Rail is a provider of GSE leasing...

NAV Portugal has reaffirmed its position as a leader in air traffic management innovation with the final acceptance of ADB SAFEGATE’s advanced Multi-Sensor Data Fusion System at Lisbon and Porto ATC Towers. This achievement represents a significant milestone in a collaboration with ADB SAFEGATE...

Last week the ground support equipment community united once again in Lisbon, Portugal, for GSE Expo Europe 2024. Here are some of Airside's favourite photos from the event. 1) Adapt GSE pose for Airside From left to right: Adapt GSE directors David Russell, Eammon Maguire and Martin O'Hanlo...

Menzies Aviation has completed its acquisition of a 50.1 per cent stake in TAP Air Portugal's ground handling subsidiary Groundforce Portugal. Groundforce Portugal manages more than 100,000 aircraft turnarounds a year across Portugal's five busiest airports, where it provides ground and air cargo...

By Brett Gibbons, coventrytelegraph Holidaymakers face added travel disruption in Portugal as airport workers and ground handling staff threaten to strike. The potential three-day walkout is planned to start on August 19 in a dispute over pay and working conditions. The country's Civil Aviatio...