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02-02-2023

TALMA COMPLETED THE ACQUISITION OF SERVICIOS AÉREOS INTEGRADOS – SAI, A COMPANY THAT PROVIDES RAMP AND PASSENGER SERVICES OWNED BY AVIANCA

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  • With this acquisition Talma will provide ramp services to more than a thousand flights per day within their network
  • This operation consolidates Talma as the largest airport services company in Latin America

Peruvian company Talma, from Grupo Sandoval, announced the successful completion of the process to purchase all shares of Servicios Aéreos Integrados (SAI), a Colombian company owned by Avianca. The transaction was made through TSA Investments Inc. S.A., a holding company based in Peru.

SAI operates in the Colombian airports of Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Cartagena, Armenia, Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Montería, Ibagué, Neiva, Pereira and Pasto, in which they mainly provide ground assistance services, passenger service and baggage clearance. This is Talma's second acquisition in Colombia as in 2019, they bought LASA, an airport services company based in Medellín.

Arturo Cassinelli, Corporate General Manager of Talma, said that this acquisition is part of the regional expansion plan that started in 2010 with the entry into the Mexican market and continued with the acquisition of a ramp services company in Ecuador in 2017. Today, the company specializing in airport services and air logistics, operates in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico, becoming the largest airport services company in Latin America.

About Talma Airport Services

Founded in 1992, Talma operates in 20 airports in Peru, 3 in Mexico, 8 in Ecuador and 20 in Colombia. Today, it has 9,000 employees and serves more than 50 airlines as permanent customers, handling 280,000 metric tons of air cargo; and, with the incorporation of SAI, it will serve an average of 382,000 flights annually. In addition to ramp and cargo services, it provides passenger service, aircraft line maintenance, business aviation services, among others.

About Servicios Aeroportuarios Integrados SAI S.A.S.

SAI was founded in 1992, it has 2,500 employees and serves approximately 87,000 per year. Among the services they provide are ramp services, passenger service, baggage selection and connections, aircraft parking/movement and cargo transfer on platform.

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