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Baltic Ground Services signs partnership agreement with Ukrainian carrier SkyUp Airlines

Baltic Ground Services (BGS), an international provider of ground handling, aircraft fuelling and logistics services and a family member of Avia Solutions Group, has signed a new contract with Ukrainian carrier SkyUp Airlines.

Under the new contract, BGS will be providing SkyUp Airlines with ground handling services at Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania as well as plane fuelling services at Riga International Airport in Latvia and Tallinn International Airport in Estonia. The contract for services in Vilnius is signed for a period of three years, while at this moment, services in Riga and Tallin will be provided for six months.

This is the first time the companies will be working together.

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