Third-placed Swissport Executive's Nice FBO reports that, despite the challenging market environment, it recorded a 32 per cent increase in flights across the network.

Swissport Nice/Cote d'Azur, which came in at a creditable 12th place position in the annual EBAN reader FBO survey, will offer enhanced facilities in 2010.

Anita Grossenbacher is the new Swissport Executive Aviation vp based in Zurich. She will focus on developing FBO business and services after taking up her post in August this year. She worked for the last six years with ExecuJet Switzerland (formerly Zimex Flight Support AG) as a gm Aviation Services. In June 2005 she took over as a marketing and sales director European FBOs to open up new FBO's in Europe for ExecuJet. She has worked for more than 20 years in the aviation industry.