Airbase GSE

Name

Airbase GSE

Legal name

PrimeFlight Aviation Services

Website

https://airbasegse.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Air Cargo Handling Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Air Transportation (4881), Airport Operations (48811), Other Support Activities for Air Transportation (488190)

SIC

Airports, Flying Fields & Airport Terminal Services (4581), Air Courier Services (4513)

akta.pro primary industry

Aviation Ground Handling & Air Cargo Operations (EDAOANAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Aircraft Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Maintenance & Repair (EDAOAFAL), Hold Baggage & Cargo Screening Services (BPAKAMAB)

Keywords

• Air cargo handling
• Ground support equipment
• ULD maintenance services
• Border inspection post
• Cargo screening services

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Airbase GSE provides air cargo handling, ramp transportation, ULD and ground support equipment maintenance, border inspection, and cargo security screening services at London Heathrow Airport's X2 facility. Operating as a DFT regulated cargo agent with EASA Part 145 certification, the company serves airlines, freight forwarders, transit shed operators, and food importers through its unique two-story airside facility overlooking Heathrow's South runway.

Product overview

PrimeFlight Aviation Services provides aviation ground services at Heathrow Airport, operating as a multi-service provider. The core offerings include Cargo Handling (transit shed operations), ULD Maintenance (Part 145/EASA certified repair services), Cargo Screening Centre (x-ray, ETD, REST services), Ramp Transportation, and Border Inspection Post (EuroBIP) services. The company leverages an integrated service model where GSE Maintenance footprint supports ULD repair operations to reduce shipping and logistics costs for customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cargo Handling Full-service cargo transit shed operations at Heathrow Airport including cargo processing, security clearance, mail shipment handling, and HM Customs Clearances facilitation. Service is delivered from the X2 facility, the only two-story building of its kind in Europe overlooking the South runway, providing a DFT regulated cargo agent with in-house customs clearance capability.
• Ramp Transportation Ramp transportation services delivered through a fleet of purpose-built covered ULD carrier trucks fitted with powered rollers feeding lanes of hydraroll rollertracks. Each truck can carry five LD3 units or two aircraft pallets and one LD3. Service is targeted at airlines and cargo operators requiring movement of ULDs between airside and landside facilities at Heathrow.
• Border Inspection Post (EuroBIP) Independent border inspection post at Heathrow Airport operated as EuroBIP, serving as the veterinary centre for food fit for human consumption entering the UK. Offers extensive ambient, chilled, and frozen facilities with dedicated airside and landside transport services, fully approved by the Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs and the EU Commission. Open to all importers, freight forwarders, airlines, and transit shed operators.
• Cargo Security Cargo security clearance service provided through x-ray machines in the transit shed, with all procedures governed and regularly inspected by the Department of Transport. Service is targeted at freight forwarders and transit shed operators requiring regulatory-compliant security clearance for air cargo.
• Cargo Screening Centre Complete cargo screening under one roof at the Heathrow X2 Centre covering x-ray screening using Smiths 180-180 2is, hand searching, remote explosive scent tracing (REST), and explosives trace detection (ETD) using Smiths Ionscan technology. Service can be performed at the cargo screening centre or at the customer's facility.
• ULD Maintenance Unit Load Device repair, maintenance, and assembly services operating under a Part 145 certificate and EASA certified, covering air cargo containers, fire retardant containers, temperature controlled containers, livestock containers, pallets, cargo nets, and associated accessory equipment. Service is targeted at airlines and cargo operators needing airworthiness-certified repair of cargo equipment.
• GSE Maintenance Ground Support Equipment maintenance services for aviation operations, providing repair capabilities that leverage the ULD Maintenance footprint to reduce shipping and logistics costs for customers.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

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Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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