Air Philippines taps MacroAsia for ground handling services

Airline services provider MacroAsia Corp. (MAC) has signed an agreement with domestic carrier Air Philippines for ground handling services at the Mactan International Airport in Cebu, the company told the Philippine Stock Exchange.

MacroAsia said the operations will be handled by its unit, MacroAsia Menzies Airport, which currently manages the ground handling services at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. MacroAsia Menzies is 70 percent owned by MacroAsia.

MacroAsia is engaged primarily in aviation-related businesses which include airport services, in-flight catering services and ground handling services. It runs charter flights through MacroAsia Air Taxi Services Inc. The firm also operates in-flight catering services through Cebu-Pacific Catering Services Inc., and MacroAsia Eurest Catering Services Inc.

The company likewise has interests in the real estate industry through its wholly-owned subsidiary MacroAsia Properties Development Corp.

Controlled by tobacco and beer magnate Lucio Tan, MacroAsia services the in-flight catering needs of most international airlines flying out of Manila and Cebu, including flag carrier Philippine Airlines and Air Philippines, both also controlled by the business taipan.