Sky Handling Partner employed an average of 253 staff in the year, down from 284 a year earlier, but staff costs rose to €7.1 million from €6.7 million.
“However, there were casualties as a result of Covid,” they said. “Most notably, Stobart Air, which ceased trading in June 2021 leaving the company [Sky Handling Partner] with a bad debt of €73,000, and a substantial reduction in projected revenue. The company said it successfully tendered for Emerald Airlines, essentially the replacement for Stobart Air. Other contracts secured in 2020 were Etihad, Icelandair and Eurowings, “all commencing operations as scheduled in 2021″.
“Albeit, we are not yet back to pre-Covid levels, we feel with the ever-increasing demands from airlines to add Dublin Airport to their offering, coupled with our strong commercial relationships we are positioned well to continue to grow the business into the future,” they added.