QF EGM of Airports and Catering has made it clear for sometime that QF doesn't make money out of ground handling for client airlines, so therefore it is no surprise they weren't too concerned about letting SQ go.
If the SQ contract was to go to EGH they would have done that from the start as it isn't a simple exercise of putting (ex)QF staff on a EGH contract. EGH would have had to source new staff just like Aerocare, Menzies etc... However, the loss of SQ and possibly NZ has meant a great opportunity for QF to offer redundencies at airports which have been available for the last few weeks.
Good luck to Aerocare/Patricks, Skystar and Menzies
... SQ is a tough gig ... they will have an interesting few months
Ok, back to OzJet ...
