Airports & aviation

Airport and aviation pest control

Nightshift has over twenty years of experience providing pest preventative services to international airports, and holds the qualifications and security clearance that airside working demands.

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Very few pest control companies can actually get airside. Beyond the treatment itself the constraints are access, vetting and insurance, and most contractors fail on at least one of them before the work is even discussed.

How we work this environment

We work to your access windows and permit regime, 24 hours a day. Because our technicians already work nights as standard, the low-traffic hours that suit a terminal are our normal shift rather than an exception.

A large logistics and cargo facility at night

The risk profile

What makes this environment different.

Airside access is the real barrier

Escorted access, permits and pass control govern who works where and when. A contractor without cleared personnel becomes an escort burden rather than a solution.

Insurance requirements are an order apart

Airside operations carry liability exposure that standard contractor cover does not contemplate, which is why we hold a dedicated Airport Contractors and Concessionaires policy with a £50m combined single limit for bodily injury and property damage.

A terminal never closes

There is no overnight shutdown to work into. Treatment has to run alongside continuous passenger and cargo operations without obstructing either.

Wildlife and pest management overlap

Bird activity around an airfield is a safety matter as well as a hygiene one, and proofing work has to respect that context rather than simply displacing the problem.

Where we look first

The places it actually starts.

Terminal retail, food courts and concession kitchens

Baggage handling halls and belt voids

Cargo sheds, freight forwarding and bonded stores

Airline lounges and hospitality pantries

Plant rooms, service tunnels and riser shafts

Hangars, maintenance areas and stores

Perimeter landscaping, drainage and waste compounds

Compliance & evidence

All personnel are trained and experienced in the detailed risk assessments required to work in these environments. Technicians are DBS checked before deployment and hold the rigorous security clearance required for airside work, with RAMS, COSHH and insurance documentation supplied for your permit and contractor management systems.

Certificates published, not promised

BPCA member M15/1628, CEPA certified to EN 16636, CHAS, SafeContractor and Constructionline, with numbers and expiry dates on our procurement page.

Common questions

Airports & aviation, answered.

The questions facilities and operations teams raise most, answered plainly.

Anything else?

Report a problem any hour and we will come back to you.

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Do you hold airside insurance?

Yes. In addition to £10m employers', public and products liability and £5m professional indemnity, we carry dedicated Airport Contractors and Concessionaires Liability cover with a £50m combined single limit, which is the enhanced level airside working typically requires.

Are your technicians security cleared?

Technicians are DBS checked before deployment and the team holds the rigorous security clearance required for airside and shipping work. We are also entrusted with Ministry of Defence buildings in London and across England.

Can you work within our contractor management platform?

Yes. We work with customers using any CAFM or facilities management system and already operate alongside platforms including ProNett, Expansive FM, Verisae, TF Cloud, Dwellant and Joblogic, plus Coupa and EcoOnline on the procurement side.