Cobalt Ground Solutions Ltd

Cobalt Ground Solutions Ltd is a ground handling company at London Heathrow Airport. It serves airlines that need services on the ground. The company puts its focus on safe and on-time departures. It says it works to give airlines and their passengers a professional and efficient service.

Ground handling covers the work done around an aircraft while it is on the ground. Cobalt lists ramp handling, which means the safe and quick turnaround of aircraft. It also handles aircraft, passengers and baggage. The company says third party measures show it does these tasks better than its competitors.

Cobalt has around 800 staff with wide experience in ground services at Heathrow. It says it owns and controls the process from start to end. It says its size lets it build the service around what each airline needs, instead of using one standard process.

The company also has a team of mechanics. They give scheduled and emergency maintenance for all types of ground support equipment. This is the vehicles and machines used to serve aircraft at the stand.

Cobalt was formed on 1 April 2009. It came from the merger of the two UK ground services subsidiaries of Air France and KLM. These were Air France Services Ltd and KLM Ground Services. The merger created a single handling company that offers complete ground services to airlines.

On 1 January 2017, Cobalt became a wholly owned subsidiary of Groupe CRIT. It joined the Ground Handling division of the group. That division has operated since 1993 under different names, including Groupe Europe Handling in France and Sky Handling Partner in Ireland. Groupe CRIT describes itself as a major player in ground handling and manpower recruitment.

The company says it works to the highest safety rules and aims for a consistent level of service quality. The website gives an overview of its services, history and group.