Partnership background
Why partner with Sky Valet?
For several years now, AEROAFFAIRES has been developing strategic collaborations with partners capable of further raising the level of service offered to its customers.
Sky Valet is a network of FBOs present in the main business hubs in France, Spain and Portugal, and shares our vision of service that is not limited to air quality, but encompasses every stage of the passenger’s journey, both on the ground and in the air.
This partnership is not a one-off operation, but a lasting synergy between two independent structures, each an expert in its own field. Its aim is to guarantee total fluidity for private flights chartered by AEROAFFAIRES, particularly on busy airfields such as Cannes-Mandelieu, Nice-Côte d’Azur, Toulon-Hyères and Geneva.
A shared vision of ultra-personalized service
Sky Valet, like AEROAFFAIRES, operates on a human scale. Behind each file are identified, available contacts, capable of reacting to the unexpected. We speak the same language: that of tailor-made solutions. It’s not a marketing buzzword, it’s a way of operating that we apply concretely to every flight we orchestrate.
Our job is to anticipate: staggered arrival times, last-minute requests, parking constraints, confidentiality imperatives. To do this, we need to be able to rely on a ground handling network that understands the business challenges of a private jet flight, and can align itself in real time with the customer’s tempo.
Challenges specific to high season
Summer and major events(Cannes Film Festival, Monaco Grand Prix, Monaco Yachting Festival…) concentrate an influx of jets on a handful of secondary airports. Capacity is limited, slots scarce and room for manoeuvre narrow. It’s at times like these that the quality of a partnership is measured.
With Sky Valet, we have prepared for peaks in activity well in advance. This translates into privileged access to certain time slots, optimized turnaround management, and above all, fluid coordination between ground staff, helicopter crews and pilots. The aim is simple: to ensure that every customer has a stress-free journey, from take-off to their chauffeur-driven car at the terminal exit.
Sky Valet: a benchmark player in Europe
An expertise rooted in major business airports
Sky Valet is more than just a private terminal manager. It is a brand of the Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur group, with a solid footprint in European business aviation. It operates 43 FBOs in Europe, including some of the busiest in Southern Europe: Cannes-Mandelieu, Nice, Saint-Tropez, as well as Madrid and Ibiza.
The benefits for AEROAFFAIRES are twofold: to guarantee its customers uniform treatment across several countries, and to benefit from Sky Valet’s expertise on sensitive, saturated sites, or those particularly busy during major international events.
Terminals designed for speed and discretion
Each Sky Valet terminal is designed around two priorities: minimizing ground delays and protecting passenger confidentiality. These are places apart, often located away from commercial terminals, with dedicated access, a private lounge, reinforced security, and a tarmac accessible directly from the waiting area.
This level of service avoids queues and repetitive checks, and ensures boarding and disembarkation within minutes. For our customers – executives, production teams, celebrities, diplomats – this is not a detail. It’s an expected standard.
Precise, discreet, efficient ground services
At Sky Valet, every operation is timed: from guiding the aircraft to handling baggage, welcoming passengers, coordinating with flight attendants or transferring passengers to a helicopter. The aim is not simply to “save time”, but to avoid friction: no confusion over arrival vehicles, no unpleasant surprises at customs, no errors in catering deliveries.
For AEROAFFAIRES, being able to rely on this level of rigor means offering its customers continuity of service, even on sites outside its initial network.
What the partnership means in concrete terms for our customers
Faster processing on arrival and departure
The main benefit is time. Thanks to Sky Valet, we have priority access to private facilities at partner airports. For our passengers, this means:
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fast passage through customs (with dedicated control),
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direct access to the tarmac,
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boarding within 10 minutes of arrival, conditions permitting.
At certain destinations, such as Cannes-Mandelieu or Nice-Côte d’Azur, where peak arrivals can cause queues to form, even in business aviation, this fluidity is not a luxury. It’s an operational necessity.
Priority parking and VIP ground services
The partnership also gives us leverage over scarce resources: aircraft parking spaces. During major events, these are strategic assets. Thanks to Sky Valet, our aircraft benefit from optimized positioning on the tarmac, enabling faster turnaround and immediate proximity to transfer vehicles or helicopters.
At the same time, our customers have access to Sky Valet VIP lounges – a uniform standard throughout their network: stable connectivity, comfort, discretion. Here, we can organize a customized welcome with personalized catering, a confidential briefing with security teams or simply a quiet moment between two flights.
Coordinated teams, a single point of contact
Before this partnership, our ground operations sometimes depended on several service providers, with uneven levels of responsiveness. Now, Sky Valet agents are briefed in advance on the specific demands of each mission: number of passengers, on-board requirements, expected transfers, timing constraints.
This direct link between our operations teams and their station managers eliminates validation delays and limits the number of intermediaries. For our customers, this means smoother, clearer service, with a single AEROAFFAIRES point of contact from start to finish.
Strategic hubs for major events
Cannes-Mandelieu: meticulous coordination for the Cannes Festival
During the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes-Mandelieu airport becomes one of Europe’s busiest hubs for business aviation. Traffic is saturated, slots are limited, and ground operations are under constant pressure. In this context, Sky Valet’s role is central.
Thanks to this partnership, we can guarantee our customers priority treatment, both for landing and take-off, and coordination with Sky Valet’s ground teams well in advance of their arrival. The aim is clear: to avoid unnecessary waiting and ensure a smooth transition to the event venue – often by helicopter or chauffeur-driven car.
Nice, Toulon, Avignon: the Côte d’Azur’s essential relays
When Cannes is saturated, or when the customer’s program requires it, our solutions also rely on other key locations, such as Nice-Côte d’Azur, Toulon-Hyères or Avignon-Provence. These airports, also operated or served by Sky Valet, offer high-performance alternatives – with the same level of ground service, confidentiality and responsiveness.
This enables us to build optimized flight scenarios, combining for example :
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landing at Toulon (less congested),
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helicopter transfer to Saint-Tropez or Cannes,
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and a return take-off from Nice at the end of the day.
Monaco Grand Prix: tight timing, tighter controls
During the Grand Prix, as Monaco is not served by air, Nice airport becomes the essential hub for all private flights to the Principality. Sky Valet is deploying a reinforced system, with teams dedicated to VIP charters, real-time coordination with helicopter crews, and priority handling of baggage and fuel requests.
For our part, AEROAFFAIRES anticipates each mission with a detailed flight plan, a slot booked in advance, and a helicopter connection to the Monaco heliport, where a reception team takes over. No loss of time, no change of contact person, even if several service providers are involved in the entire itinerary.
Events that make our exclusive partnership all the more strategic
The fact that AEROAFFAIRES is Sky Valet’s sole broker partner during these key events is not a detail: it’s a real operational advantage. This exclusivity enables us to access reserved slots, prioritize certain critical requests, and benefit from the immediate responsiveness of their teams, even in the midst of saturation. Where other service providers have to wait, deal with delays or revise their flight plans, we have a direct line to the control tower on the ground. In concrete terms, this privileged relationship translates into itineraries that are kept to, customers who can rest easy, and a quality of service that never wavers, even under stress.
Conclusion – More than a partnership, an operational alliance
The partnership between AEROAFFAIRES and Sky Valet goes beyond a simple commercial collaboration. It is based on a shared vision of service, where logistical performance is at the service of people: time saved, stress reduced, total control of flows.
In a sector where every detail counts – a slot, a forgotten deposit, poor coordination – it’s strategic to have an exclusive partner capable of being present at every stage of the customer’s journey. It enables us to offer our passengers a smooth, seamless experience, even in the most demanding contexts such as Cannes, Nice or Monaco.
This partnership is also part of a wider trajectory: that of an integrated, highly personalized service, combining air expertise, ground management, transfers and tailor-made support.
