{"id":23650,"date":"2022-06-29T17:36:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T17:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/airport-contract-goes-to-paragon"},"modified":"2022-06-29T17:47:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T17:47:01","slug":"airport-contract-goes-to-paragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/airport-contract-goes-to-paragon","title":{"rendered":"Airport contract goes to Paragon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The international airport services company Menzies Aviation&#8217;s contract to provide ground handling services to the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) at Hosea Kutako International Airport will end on Thursday, a High Court judge declared today.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Menzies Aviation has had the contract since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Ground handling services at the airport are to be taken over by Paragon Investment Holdings, to which the airports company awarded the contract in December last year, after a tender process which Menzies Aviation claims was irregular and unlawful.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Orben Sibeya also ordered that Menzies Aviation should vacate the premises it is occupying at the airport by the end of tomorrow, and that the court&#8217;s deputy sheriff may evict the company if it refuses to comply with his order.<\/p>\n<p>Sibeya gave the order in a case in which the airports company asked the court to declare that its contract with Menzies Aviation will be terminated at the end of June.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the NAC&#8217;s court application, Menzies Aviation asked the judge to set aside the tender awarded to Paragon, in a joint venture with Ethiopian Airlines. Sibeya dismissed Menzies&#8217; application, and ordered it to pay its opponents&#8217; legal costs in the matter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. The international airport services company Menzies Aviation&#8217;s contract to provide ground handling services to the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) at Hosea Kutako International Airport will end on Thursday, a High Court judge declared today. Menzies Aviation has had the contract since 2014. 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