Urban-Air Port awards Atalian Servest with soft services contract
Global Facilities Management provider, Atalian Servest has been appointed by Urban-Air Port to provide a bundled soft services solution for Air One, the world’s first fully operational hub for electric take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Atalian Servest will provide security, cleaning, events stewarding and pest control initially at the Urban-Air Port global launch event in Coventry. Held in partnership with Supernal, the launch event is a fully immersive experience where guests can tour the Air One vertiport and learn about the promise of sustainable Advanced Air Mobility.
Selected for its important geographic location in the UK, and its rich history in automobile and aerospace innovation, Coventry represented the ideal venue to envision a new era of mobility.
Awarded the contract due to their proven track record in delivering and managing regulated, high-risk and technically demanding environments, Atalian Servest services will be underpinned by technology, allowing the two organisations to enhance resilience and drive efficiencies. The sustainably led cleaning solution is supported by an impressive, start of the art ‘co-bot’, designed to clean high-footfall floor areas, allowing the workforce to focus on tasks that require an eye for detail.
“We are proud to be working in partnership with Urban-Air Port during the launch of the Air One vertiport. Our innovative approach and heritage in the transport sector, coupled with our vision for innovation, makes us the ideal partner to establish what good looks like when it comes to FM solutions for Urban-Air Port.”
“We are thrilled to be working with Atalian Servest and have developed a MOU to potentially work together on future projects as we expand our footprint. Urban-Air Port are planning to open 200 sites, worldwide, over the next 5 years and confirming a strategic FM provider for hard and soft services provision is key to our asset management strategy”
About Urban-Air Port Ltd
Urban-Air Port Limited is developing fully autonomous zero-emission ground infrastructure for new forms of sustainable urban air transport such as air taxis and autonomous delivery drones. Its mission is to address the largest single constraint to sustainable air mobility – ground infrastructure – In order to create a zero-emission-mobility ecosystem that will significantly cut congestion and air pollution from passenger and cargo transport. Urban-Air Port is recognised as a world leader in the Advanced Air Mobility sector, with plans to deliver over 200 vertiports across the world in the next five years – ultra-compact, rapidly deployable, operations hubs for manned and unmanned vehicles providing aircraft command and control, charging/refuelling, and cargo and passenger loading. Its world-first Air One® project in Coventry City Centre will be operational from April 2022. The company is backed by major international partners, including Supernal. Urban-Air Port’s team of innovators, aeronautical engineers and aerospace experts have worked at companies including Airbus, Foster + Partners, Arup, JP Morgan, Knight Frank, British Aviation Group, Qinetiq and Uber, and in the UK Defence Sector.
Air One® is located at Westminster Car Park, in the centre of Coventry (CV1 3FZ). Members of the public interested in attending can sign up for tickets at www.urbanairport.com/aironeevent.
About Atalian Servest
Atalian Servest is a UK based facilities management service provider that is part of ATALIAN.
With a turnover of almost €3 billion, and 131,000+ employees looking after clients in 36 countries, ATALIAN is one of the world’s largest facilities services providers. The company offers cleaning, catering, security, building services, energy management and compliance, front of house, landscaping, logistics, waste management and pest control services to more than 32,000 clients in the public and private sectors.
A privately-owned company, ATALIAN was established in France and has delivered high levels of FM service since 1944. ATALIAN plays an active role in the communities in which it operates, in addition to supporting the worldwide facilities management community. The organisation is a member of various associations and confederations.
