The landing & parking fees are the same no matter which handler is used and in this case it’s 154€ .
The handling fee they quoted me was 230€ , after discount …
Needless to say I’m making sure my I AOPA card is up-to-date and switching over to Swissport.
Michael wrote:
That said, Meander were extremely friendly and expeditious in handling my extended (22 days) parking request .
Did they say what the parking charges would be for those 22 days? Did you ask them what their handling charges were? Just curious in case I run into them at a different airport.
Have always used Swissport since it was recommended to me from another handler at LGKR who said that Swissport is 25 Euro with an AOPA card and theirs was 125. Just cant remember which handler I spoke to. Im sure he would get fired if his boss found out.
Thanks Petakas !
I just pushed my resa over to Goldair .
That said, Meander were extremely friendly and expeditious in handling my extended (22 days) parking request .
I have flown to various airports in Greece, and I only used Goldair and Swissport. They both accepted my AOPA International card, which reduced the the handling fee from over € 100 (IIRC) to € 24.50
No idea.
The ONLY handlers AOPA Hellas knows of and has discount agreements with are listed in
https://www.aopa.gr/en/flying-in-greece
paragraphs 12.a and 12.b
The others may, I say again, may be agents cooperating with handlers so its up to you to decide for example depending on cost.
Okay, I looked it up in the Airport Handbook:
Here’s the list of Handlers/Agents/FBOs
Corfu Air Monitors (Agent)
Goldair Handling (Handler)
Meander Handling (FBO)
Pandair Handling Services (Agent)
Signature Flight Support (Agent)
Skyserv Handling Services (Handler)
Swissport Hellas Sud (Handler)
Universal Aviation Greece (Agent)
So far, I’ve reserved my slot and parking through Meander.
What are the differences between all of these ?
Thanks!
OK, so what is Meander’s role ?
Are they a third Handler @ Corfu ?
Swissport, Goldair & Meander ?
Ifso, are their charges & services significantly different ?
Yes, I contacted GOLDAIR and they (always) sent me the PPR number. Sorry if I did not ake that clear.
Flyer59 wrote:
Yes, you need to get an eMail with a PPR number
Yes but not YOU, you pay the handler for this anyway, make him do what you pay him for. They take care of it when you make the initial contact with details and they come back to you when they have taken care of it by sending you also the PPR number.
Quick bowser arrival is not in handler’s ability to affect. They notify him and he comes to you when he finishes (2 personnel for 2 bowers) the airliners which are on a 45 minute turnaround. Unfortunately they have priority over GA and if you fall in the charter’s rush hour you’re in for a long wait (30’ to 60’ or even more). I’ve had it happen half of the times I visited Corfu. I could see them running at 110% to serve all. I complained to the fuel company … they won’t hire one more personnel due to GA … that’s the raw truth.
If I have a choice of time to select my arrival/departure (refuel time basically) I ask the handler when is the charter’s rush hour/day and I try to avoid this.
Statistically from flying all these years in Greece I have observed Swissport to be slightly more proficient than Goldair.
As for SkyServ … no comment, only where they are the only handler in the airport.
