Air BP signs agreement to supply aviation fuel to Poland
Air BP and Grupa Lotos of Poland have signed a joint venture agreement to supply and market aviation fuel in Poland.
Air BP and Grupa Lotos of Poland have signed a joint venture agreement to supply and market aviation fuel in Poland.
At the press conference following the signing of venture called Lotos – Air BP, David Gilmour, chief executive of Air BP, said: “Air BP’s strategy is to grow our business through superior customer offers, partnerships and advantaged supply infrastructure. Through our new joint venture with Grupa Lotos we are delivering this strategy in Poland.”
He added: “We will leverage Air BP’s global customer relationships and technical operations experience, as well as Lotos’ local expertise and supply capability, to establish and significantly grow our presence in Poland.”
Alex Junge, Air BP’s performance unit leader for northern and central Europe, said: “We will now be able to provide our commercial airline customers with aviation fuel through our joint venture when they fly to Poland. And we will expand our general aviation network by enabling customers to use their Air BP Sterling card at all the new joint venture locations. It’s a great example of our strategy in action and shows that business growth opportunities do exist in Europe.”
The companies expect the joint venture deal to be completed in around six to eight weeks. Grupa Lotos has a refinery in Gdansk and is the largest aviation fuels manufacturer in Poland.
The new joint venture company will be appointing a new managing director for operations, who will be seconded from Air BP.
Pictured (left to right): Alexander Junge (Performance Unit Leader Northern & Central Europe), Bogdan Kucharski (Head of Country, BP Poland), Paweł Olechnowicz (CEO, Grupa Lotos) and Maciej Szozda, (Vice President of the Management Board & Chief Commercial Officer, Grupa Lotos)
