Who is the oldest handling company in the world?

[paul01942]

Does anybody out there know which company can boast being the oldest ramp handling company in the world? I work at Manchester Airport in the UK, our company is RHSL and has been operating since 1938!!! albeit a couple of slight name changes but the company has remained the same since then, does anybody know of an older company still operating today?

[spannersatcx]

trouble is you're still using the same equipment!!

[paul01942]

Nice one your probably not far wrong there hahahahahahahah

[paul01942]

Spannersatcx i hope your not one of those dodgy CX engineer's that give us grief everyday hahahahahahah

[stevef]

Can't speak for handling companies but Air Atlantique operated the Instone Bristol Freighter (G-BISU) in the eighties for livestock movements. Instone originated in 1919!

Possibly one or two of the pilots as well...

[paul01942]

Wll it seems to me that perhaps Ringway does hold this record as all the research points towards us!
Qantas Longreach has had a company there but as far as I'm aware they were are not an actual baggage handling company more the airline