News / UK handlers tell Whitehall: 'help us manage our cash flow or we will fail'

Swissport UK chief Jason Holt addresses the Transport Select Committee yesterday

It would be hard not to be impressed by Swissport UK CEO Jason Holt, who, at yesterday’s UK Transport Select Committee meeting, clearly laid out the challenges for both his company and rivals WFS, Menzies and Dnata.

He told the committee his company had seen a “95%, devastating drop in income”, and with 70% of costs being wages, he wanted to do everything possible to protect jobs.

But, he added: “We’re absolutely hobbled.”

UK ground handlers don’t have a trade association, so the ...