The order – to supply four of the company’s Regional ramps for use at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris – is part of a bumper May order book for Aviramp. The firm clinched deals worth more than £1.13m throughout the month as it continued to build on a 30% increase in orders from the start of the year.
Aviramp chief executive Graham Corfield said of the deal: “There could be no better demonstration of the value of our ramps – and the way they are bringing real improvements to how people get off and on planes – than being used by athletes arriving for the games.”
“Because they are step free and have a gentle slope of just 8°, they can be used by everybody, and are not only safer than steps but bring a 30% increase in turnaround time,” he added.
Alongside the Paris deal, Aviramp clinched orders in May with Edinburgh Airport, Air Tahiti, Aurigny Air Services, BAE Systems and ISM for a range of electric and solar-powered ramps. The deal with BAE saw a solar-powered Regional ramp used by D-Day veterans as they departed the UK for the 80th anniversary commemorations in northern France.
