Libanet, a leading aviation industry services provider, has signed a three-year aircraft fleet services contract with Saudia Ground Services Company (SGS) to provide a range of services to all carriers serving four key airports in Saudi Arabia.

The airports covered by the contract are: Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Madinah.

“This agreement is in line with Libanet’s vision and 2011 strategic decision to expand in the Saudi market,” said Tony Saade, CEO and founder of Libanet.

Through this agreement, SGS, which handles ground services in the kingdom's airports, is subcontracting its aircraft services to Libanet in the four largest airports.

Under the multi-task contract, Libanet is committed to perform services to more than 320,000 aircraft for all carriers.

The operations will be launched in Riyadh's King Khaled International Airport (KKIA) on January 1, 2015, covering 55 commercial carriers, or the equivalent of 100,000 flights a year at the airport.

“This new agreement for Libanet is a further testimonial of the quality standards the company provides, as well as of our expertise in the vast aviation field and the reputation we built for ourselves across the years in the international airports of the Middle East region,” added Saade.

Libanet currently employs over 1,300 employees and would need to hire around 1,200 additional staffers to execute this agreement.  

Aircraft services means cabins management, including interior cabin cleaning, exterior aircraft washing, in addition to a new service the company is developing: lavatory service and potable water services to short grounding time flights.

Aircraft services can range from a 10 minutes transit cleaning that is a particularly time sensitive process, to a full 8 hours deep cleaning performed mostly in the hangar and where all inside aircraft details are meticulously attended to.

In addition, Libanet teams also provide cabin dressing and grooming services. - TradeArabia News Service