CLH Aviación will supply fuel to five airports in Panama
- The executive board of the entity that manages the airports (AITSA) ratified the award of the contract
CLH Aviación will supply fuel to five airports in Panama and be responsible for operating and maintaining their respective airport facilities, after being the successful awardee of a tender process organised by the Panama Government, a decision which was ratified by the executive board of the entity that manages the airports (AITSA).
The chairman of the CLH Group, José Luis López de Silanes, highlighted that “this transaction represents a boost for the company’s internationalisation process and it enables us to be present in the American continent and, from there, to explore new business opportunities in that market, after the projects we are undertaking in Europe and Asia”.
For his part, the chief executive officer, Jorge Lanza, expressed his appreciation for “the trust placed in CLH Aviación to carry out this ambitious initiative” and underscored “the company’s extensive experience in fuel supply, which guarantees maximum quality and safety in the provision of this service”.
Among other airports, CLH Aviación will manage the International Airport of Tocumen, which services the Panamanian capital and is considered one of the most important in the continent, with approximately 40 airline companies with flights to 80 destinations in 35 European and American countries. In 2016, it handled nearly 15 million passengers and their fuel requirements of 823,000 cubic metres.
The fuel supply contract will also cover the future Terminal 2 at Tocumen, which is estimated to start operations in 2018, and to four airports located inland: Scarlett Martínez, Enrique Jiménez de Colón, Panamá Pacífico and Enrique Malek.
The company will manage the storage facilities at the five airports under a concession scheme for a period of ten years and will also build a new service station in the terminal at Tocumen airport, which will improve efficiency. Furthermore, the contract includes the incorporation of new supply vehicles for all airports.
This marks the start of the CLH Group’s fourth international operation, after the projects in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Oman, relying on the opportunities for commercial development and its experience in managing airport facilities.
About the CLH Group
The CLH Group is the leading company engaged in the transport and storage of oil products in the Spanish market. In Spain, it has a pipeline network of over 4,000 kilometres in length and 40 storage facilities with capacity for 8 million cubic metres, as well as 28 airport facilities located at major national airports, such as Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suarez, El Prat, Palma de Mallorca and Malaga.
Internationally, the company is present in the United Kingdom, through its subsidiary CLH-PS, where it manages 2,000 kilometres of oil pipelines and 15 storage facilities with a capacity of one million cubic metres.
In Ireland, the company manages the fuel storage facility at Dublin airport. Through CLH Aviation Ireland Ltd., it provides Jet A1 receipt, storage and dispatch logistics services, in addition to carrying out the expansion and modernisation of the infrastructure.
CLH is also developing a major project in the Sultanate of Oman, where it has established a company named OLC in conjunction with Orpic. This company has just commissioned the storage facility of Al Jefnain, located close to the capital, and is completing the construction of a pipeline that will connect the facility with the Mina Al Fahal refinery and Muscat International Airport, to which it will supply aviation fuel.