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Milestones
News
- Çelebi – HR Team of the Year

- ÇHH Vice President Global Sales & Marketing Athina Kapeni attented the panel during Air Cargo India!

- Çelebi Delhi Cargo Terminal received "Cargo Ground handler of the Year"!

- Ramp services by Çelebi Delhi GH to Cathay Pacific Cargo

- ÇelebiNas' passenger, ramp, cargo, warehouse services to Cathay Pacific!

- Skalite 2015 Award to Çelebi Ground Handling in Airport Ground Services category.

- G-20 Summit and Perfect Service by CGH Antalya Station Team!

- Çelebi Aviation Holding Group CEO Onno Boots on Cover of "Air Cargo Update" Magazine!

- Çelebi Running Team "Çelebrities" at TOÇEV Charity Run!

- Çelebi Group CEO, Mr. Onno Boots has been Speaker at the Indonesia Airports & Aviation Business Forum 2015!

- ISAGO audit at Çelebi Delhi Ground Handling completed successfully!

- Ms. Canan Çelebioğlu assigned as DEIK's Turkey-Inda Business Council Chairman

- ÇGH Bodrum Station has been certified as " Unimpaired Airport Company

- ÇGH Dalaman Station has been certified as " Unimpaired Airport Company

- Elvan Hamidoğlu, Çelebi Aviation Holding's President-Financial Affairs has been speaker at two conferences.

- Ms. Canan Çelebioğlu assigned as DEIK's Turkey-Inda Business Council Chairman

- Qatar Airlines has selected Çelebi Ground Handling as their freighter handling partner in Delhi

- The first London Gatwick flight was welcomed by Celebi Austria

- Çelebi Delhi Cargo Terminal received a Certificate of Appreciation by Cathay Pacific Airways

- 2015.04.28- ONNO BOOTS INTERVIEW-MARTIN ROEBUCK

- 2015 July - OBoots - Unibusiness Interview

- Çelebi Aviation Holding’s objective is to be global brand in five years

- 50 MOST POWERFUL HR LEADERS

- Çelebi Akademi IV mezunlarını verdi.

- Çelebi Delhi Cargo Terminal Management India Pvt. Ltd. Has been awarded "Excellent Position under Terminal Operator Category"

- ÇELEBİ IGHC’S PLATINUM SPONSOR

- We congratulate the awarded young painters at the Traditional Çelebi Painting Contest 2015 with the theme of «Happiness for me is...»

- Çelebi Ground Handling Delhi started to provide services to Air Asia’s domestic flights.

- Çelebi Ground Handling Hungary completed the ISAGO audit held by Qatar Airways’ auditors between Apr. 20-24, with “0” finding!

- Çelebi Ahmedabad Team informed that they started to provide ground handling services to daily Etihad flights on June 1st, 2015 at Ahmedabad,

- Çelebi Budapest Team started to provide ground handling services to Iberia on 2.6.2015 with 3 flights per week. Iberia operates narrow body containerized Airbuses to BUD (A319; A320; A321).

- Çelebi Ahmedabad Team started to provide ground handling services to daily Etihad flights on June 1st, 2015 at Ahmedabad,

- Çelebi Ground Handling is the “Platinum” Sponsor for the 28th IATA Ground Handling Conference.

- Çelebi’s New Import Cargo & Warehouse Building starts to provide services at Atatürk Airport

- Çelebi Ground Handling Services to Boeing 787 Dreamliner's demo flight at Atatürk Airport too

- "2014 The Best Service Provider Award" by United Cargo

- A multitude of awards and gala dinner for Budapest Airport’s partners

- Onno Boots is the new CEO of Çelebi Aviation Holding

- World brand of Turkish aviation sector, Çelebi maintains its growth trajectory in global arena: Çelebi is now at Ahmedabad Airport

- Çelebi Ground Handling opens two new lounges at Budapest Airport

- Erzincan University Ali Cavit Çelebioğlu School of Civil Aviation

- Çelebi Cargo secures RA3 certification in Istanbul and Delhi

- Çelebi starts operations in its new base at Atatürk Airport

- We are in an ineffable grief because of the disaster occured in a mine in Soma, Manisa.

- Çelebi Aviation Group strengthens further with its strategic purchase in Vienna.

- ÇHS’s tradition of ‘perfection’ continues with ISAGO certification.

- Çelebi makes significant contribution to Friends of India Association (FOIA).

- Condor Airlines and Çelebi celebrate 20th anniversary of their cooperation

- Dalaman welcomes first visit of revolutionary Thomson 787 Dreamliner.

- Çelebi / Actera Partnership

- Cemil Erman interview

- 2013 Air Transport News Awards – Turkish Airlines, Istanbul Ataturk Airport, AirAsia, Genève Aéroport, Angela Gittens and Raymond Benjamin among the winners

- Çelebi decided for its slogan: "OUR STRENGTH IS OUR SERVICE"

- Çelebi participated to The Airport Development and Expansion Summit 2012.

- Cemil Erman participated to the “Finance Café” program on CNBC-e.

- ÇGH Delhi received «Service Excellence Award» from Delhi State Hajj Committee.

- Çelebi Nas/Mumbai-India received a letter of thanks from Air France.

- Çelebi at 55: The Turkish name in the global civil aviation industry

- Çelebi’s president of cargo, Cemil Erman: Çelebi’s approach is to focus on “strategic locations”.

- The Çelebi contribution to India's air cargo industry

- Frankfurt Cargo GmbH introduced.

- Ali Cavit Çelebioğlu School of Civil Aviation inaugurated by Prime Minister Erdoğan.

- Çelebi opened Cargo Warehouse at Frankfurt Airport.

- ÇGH services Nasair in three stations.

- Çelebi Delhi signs contracts with new clients.

- Renovations and improvements at Çelebi Delhi Cargo

- Five-star service from CGHH to Qatar Airways

- Çelebi becomes the first Turkish company to obtain ISAGO registration.

- ÇGH Dalaman receives two awards.

- ÇGH Diyarbakır provides exceptional service to the President.

- ÇGH Ankara gives VIP service to French President.

- ÇGH SAW starts to give services to Air Arabia Maroc.

- Malaysian President receives services from ÇGH Ankara.

- First service from ÇGH SAW to Wizz Air

- Letter of thanks from Malaysia Airlines to ÇGH SAW

- ÇGH Erzurum praised for its support to Winter Universiade.

- Sky Airlines receives its first service from ÇGH Van.

- ÇGH ATA gives exceptional services to Nigerian President.

- Growing with new restaurants, LC Turkey excels at inspections.

- Çe-Tur renews contracts, gives services to BP.

- ÇGH Çorlu employs “Quick Check-in System”.

- Çelebi continues to support the “At Home” Project.

Milestones
1958
Çelebi Ground Handling is founded at Ankara Esenboğa Airport as the first privately-owned ground handling services company in Turkey. Its first customers are Iran Air and Sabena Belgian Airlines.
1969
Çelebi Ground Handling established the İstanbul branch. The same year it begins serving Swissair at Ankara Esenboğa Airport.
1973

Çelebi Tourism is founded as a travel agency.

1974

Çe-Tur is established to be active in the fields of fleet vehicle renting, personnel and crew transport.

1975

Çelebi Ground Handling's headquarters are relocated to İstanbul. The company begins providing ramp and traffic services to Austrian Airlines and to British Airways.

1984
The company begins serving Lufthansa in İstanbul. This contract is an important turning-point in the company's history because it serves as a major reference for other carriers.
1986
Çelebi Ground Handling's station at İzmir Çiğli Airport is opened and begins serving the Lufthansa flights calling there.
1990
The Antalya station is opened and its first customer is Lufthansa.
1991
As a result of changes in Turkey's Ground Handling Services Regulations, Çelebi begins serving charter and cargo flights in addition to the regularly scheduled flights that it has been serving so far. The Dalaman station is opened and the company begins serving the Hapag Lloyd, Martinair, and Britannia charter carriers there.
1993

Çelebi Ground Handling's Adana station is opened.

1995

Çelebi Holding was set up for the purpose of bringing all of the strongly and rapidly growing companies in the group under a single corporate structure.

1996

Çelebi Holding makes its first venture into the fast food industry with the first link in the Arby's roast beef restaurant chain in Turkey.

The first Little Caesars restaurant, the third largest pizza chain in the world, opens for business in İstanbul.

1997

Çelebi Security is set up to provide private security, surveillance, and monitoring services at airports.

The Bodrum airport station is opened and the company begins serving European and domestic carriers' charter flights in and out of that airport.

1998

Çelebi Ground Handling is awarded the ground handling services contract for Çorlu, a Turkish Air Force airbase.

1999

VIP service provided to top statesmen during the AGIT summit held in İstanbul.

2000
The AHS1000 quality system, the one most preferred in the aviation industry, is installed at the İstanbul station. Çelebi Ground Handling becomes a founding member of AVIANCE, an international organization of independent handling companies.
2001
The AHS1000 quality system is installed at the Dalaman, Bodrum, İzmir, Ankara and Antalya stations as well.
2002
On July 1st, a strategic cooperation and development agreement is concluded with FCC Aqua y Entorno Urbano of Spain. The company's Bursa station goes into service.
2003

Çelebi Ground Handling is awarded its ISO 9001 Quality Management System certificate after undergoing an audit by TÜV-Rheinland. The Çelebi Cargo Warehouse goes into service at İstanbul Atatürk Airport. Operations begin at the Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Kayseri, Samsun and Trabzon airports. Çelebi Ground Handling is awarded the contract to build DHMİ's second international terminal at Antalya airport under the “build-operate-transfer” model.

2004

In May, work begins on the construction of the 2nd international terminal at Antalya airport, a project in which Çelebi Ground Handling controls a 50% stake.

2005
Construction of the 2nd international terminal at Antalya airport is completed and the terminal opens for service on April 7th. A new warehouse goes into service and work begins on building a third. With the award of four new contracts, the company is now serving Turkish Airlines in 11 provinces.
2006

With the launch of stations in Tokat, Isparta and Mardin, the number of stations reaches 21. Çelebi has taken over the ground handling services contract for Budapest Ferihegy International Airport. Six percent of Çelebi Ground Handling shares are sold to foreigners.

Çelebi Holding is awarded the right to operate the Antalya Seaport for 22 years.

2007
Operations commenced at Budapest Ferihegy International Airport. Çelebi Group took over the management of the marina located at Antalya Seaport.
2008

Celebi NAS India consortium, in which Çelebi Ground Handling holds controlling interest, won the license to operate ground handling services at the Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, the largest airport in India, for 10 years. The total number of Çelebi stations in Turkey rose to 24.

2009

Çelebi Ground Handling launched its third major international operation with the award of the cargo handling services contract at Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport, India's biggest airport.

The same year, Çelebi Ground Handling has also been granted the right to provide ground handling services at Brussels South Charleroi Airport in Belgium.

Çelebi Ground Handling's new imports warehouse has opened for service at Atatürk International Airport in İstanbul.

Çelebi Ground Handling began providing service at İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport (SAW) on 1 November 2009.

2010

On June 2, Çelebi started to offer ground handling services in addition to the cargo warehousing services in New Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport.

2011

Çelebi started operations in its new warehouse opened at Frankfurt Cargo City South in International Frankfurt Airport, one of the key passenger and cargo traffic bases in the world.

Çelebi Ground Handling has acquired from Fraport and added to its organization the conduct of ground handling services at Vienna's international airport, a major European airline hub.

2012

The number of stations where Çelebi provides service increased to 35 with the addition of Kocaeli and Iğdır.

Çelebi-Actera strategical partnership is signed.