Menzies Aviation signs ramp handler contract at D.R. airport

Menzies Aviation signs ramp handler contract at D.R. airport    Menzies Aviation will become the exclusive ramp handler at Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, effective July 1.
   Menzies, which opened a cargo handling operation in Santo Domingo in 2004, signed a 10-year contract for passenger and cargo ramp handling with the airport's operator, Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI, SA (Aerodom).
   To staff the operation, Menzies will hire 150 employees and install $3 million worth of new equipment.
   Menzies also appointed Simona Buttini as manager of its Santo Domingo ramp handling activities. Buttini was manager of Menzies's station in Puerto Plata, in the Dominican Republic.
   Major airlines using the Santo Domingo airport include Air France, Air Europa, Air Jamaica, BWIA, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Iberia, Martinair and US Airways.