europe s third largest full service provider of aircraft ground handling and airport related services . sas ground handling is the largest ground handling company in scandinavia . specify as of july 1 2010 sas ground services is renamed to sas ground handling . sas ground handling serves more than 30 airports in denmark norway and sweden and has about 8.400 employees . sas ground handling is owned by the sas group . as part of the core sas strategy formed by the sas group in february 2009 some of sas ground handling operations are being divested or outsourced . sas ground services finland was divested to iss palvelut in july 2009 . sas ground services uk was divested to asig in june 2010 . on march 7 2013 swissport international ltd. swissport and scandinavian airline systems sas announced that they signed a letter of intent . the letter creates the basis for continued negotiations between the two companies aiming at an agreement to transfer full ownership of sas ground handling in denmark sweden and norway to swissport . as a first step both parties intend to establish a joint venture company to which the business and operations of sas ground handling and spirit cargo handling will be transferred . as of september 1 2013 sas ground handling was divided into three divisions sgh norway sgh sweden and sgh denmark respectively in preparation for the planned sale to swissport . at the same time swissport in according to the letter of intent have bought 10 % shares in each of these three divisions while negotiations still continue . major customers edit adria airways aeroflot airbaltic air berlin air canada air china air europa air france air norway atlantic airways atlasjet international airlines austrian airlines balkan holidays airlines blue 1 british airways condor corendon airlines corsairfly cyprus turkish airlines czech airlines danish air transport estonian air eurocypria airlines fedex express freebird airlines hamburg international hemus air highland airways icelandair iceland express iran air jat airways krohn air lot polish airlines lufthansa lufthansa cargo malev hungarian airlines norwegian air shuttle nouvelair novair ostfriesische lufttransport pakistan international airlines pegasus airlines ryanair sas scandinavian airlines singapore airlines south african airways sun d or international airlines sun express tap portugal thai airways international thomas cook airlines thomas cook airlines scandinavia tnt airways tunisair turkish airlines tyrolean airways wider e windjet external links edit official website v t e sas group subsidiary airlines blue1 cimber scandinavian airlines affiliated airlines air greenland wider e destinations sas group air greenland scandinavian airlines wider e fleet scandinavian airlines wider e airline support eurobonus sas business opportunities sas cargo group sas technical services alliances star alliance wow alliance history pre 1952 aerol neas de baleares ab aerotransport aerovias guest airbaltic braathens british midland international danair danish air lines estonian air linjeflyg norwegian air lines rezidor hotel group sas braathens sas commuter sas ground handling scanair skyways express snowflake spanair swedish intercontinental airlines thai airways accident and incidents 1948 northwood mid air collision flight 871 istanbul 1960 flight 933 los angeles 1969 flight 130 1972 flight 751 gottr ra 1991 flight 347 1994 flight 686 milan 2001 dash 8 landing gear incidents 2007 facilities sas fr sundavik office building list of airline holding companies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sas ground handling & oldid 724323479 categories sas groupbusiness services companies of norwaycompanies of denmarkcompanies of swedenaircraft ground handling companiesbus companies of oslohidden categories articles needing more detailed references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages dansksvenska edit links this page was last modified on 8 june 2016 at 14 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view