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Swissport Holdings Inc company history timeline

1996

1996: Swissport is formed.

1997

In January 1997, the company acquired a 40 percent holding in Munich Airport's Airport Services Muenchen GmbH unit and began providing ground services at London Heathrow Airport.

2000

Revenues exceeded CHF 1 billion in 2000, when there were 17,000 employees working for Swissport.

2002

Swissport began as the ground handling operations of Swissair AG and became an independent company in 1996. It underwent a management buyout in 2002 as Swissair underwent bankruptcy.

2003

The year 2003 saw the opening of units in Uruguay and India.

Revenues were up to CHF 1.2 billion ($950 million) in 2003, when Swissport employed about 20,000 people.

2004

In 2004, Swissport also acquired Groundstar Ltd. from rival 3i Group.

2005

In January 2005, Swissport announced it was divesting its operations at France's Toulouse and Nice airports to MAP-Handling.

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