Artur Pawlęga
Artur Pawlęga is an aviation operations specialist with over 18 years of experience, currently serving as an Airport Duty Manager at a regional European airport. He has extensive operational expertise in managing airport operations continuity, especially during adverse weather conditions and severe capacity constraints. Having overseen thousands of turnaround cycles, Artur specialises in real-time crisis management and operational resilience. He focuses on mitigating the domino effect of ad hoc disruptions.
He is a strong advocate for 'augmented intelligence' – leveraging agile software to enhance, not replace, human intuition on the apron. His focus remains on unlocking hidden airport capacity and driving efficiency through seamless, cross-stakeholder data exchange, enabling airports to maximise performance without relying on heavy capital expenditures.
ArticleThe turnaround relay: why information, not just infrastructure, dictates punctuality
A perfect 25-minute turnaround exists only in theory. On congested European aprons, rigid turnaround schedules collapse under real-time disruptions. Maintaining punctuality requires mastering processes through dynamic data exchange, rather than costly infrastructure investments, says aviation operations specialist, Artur Pawlęga.