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Shaheen Airport Services (SAPS) is the largest ground handling agency in the private sector of Pakistan, providing facilities to commercial, corporate and private airlines at Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Quetta. SAPS headquarters is located in Karachi, although it has many offices located in many cities in Pakistan.

Contents 1 History 2 Services 3 Airlines 4 Cargo Airlines 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

SAPS is a subsidiary of Shaheen Foundation, a welfare organization of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and was established in 1982. Its cargo warehouses at all stations are equipped to meet all cargo handling under one roof. It is a member of the IATA Ground Handling Council.^[1]

Its partners in business comprise a large number of international carriers including corporate and international operators like the United Nations as well as numerous private organizations.

The company provides services and assistance to over twenty international carriers and operates from all major airports of Pakistan. Besides these main ones, SAPS has been handling non-schedule and overflights from various foreign countries coming to some of the remote airports of Pakistan; with prior coordination and information. Such as Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab, Sukkur , Nawabshah and Mohenjodaro in Sindh.

[edit] Services

Complete Ground Handling Services offered by SAPS are available at the following airports in Pakistan: Jinnah International Airport, Karachi; Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore; Islamabad International Airport, Rawalpindi; Peshawar International Airport, Peshawar; Quetta International Airport, Quetta;

Services as per IATA standards include: Aircraft Handling, Ramp Services, Baggage Services, Aircraft and Cabin Cleaning Services, Additional Ground Support Equipment, Passenger Handling, Check-In through Airport Connect Open, Catering Services, Flight Operations and Assistance, Special Passenger Handling Services, Cargo Handling, Cargo Screening and Warehousing, Security and Special Load Handling.

[edit] Airlines

The following list of passenger airlines are currently using SAPS as of May 2008;

• British Airways (London-Heathrow)
• Gulf Air (Bahrain)
• Iran Air (Tehran)
• Kuwait Airways (Kuwait)
• Lufthansa German Airlines (Frankfurt)
• Malaysia Airlines (Kula Lumpur)
• Qatar Airways (Doha)
• Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah)
• Shaheen Air International (Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore & Peshawar)
• Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
• Thai Airways (Bangkok)

[edit] Cargo Airlines

The following list of cargo airlines are currently using SAPS as of May 2008;

• Alitalia
• Cargolux
• Empost
• Lufthansa Cargo
• Shaheen Air Cargo
• Swiss World Cargo

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website of Shaheen Airport Services
• Shaheen Airport Services: Training Center