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AGI launches new dual-facility system at Newark Airport
Alliance Ground International has launched new off-airport and on-site facilities at Newark Airport, to boost handling capacity, reduce wait times, and decongest traffic on airport roads.
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Ground handling
Ground handling is the process of servicing an aircraft when it is parked, usually between flights whilst the plane is at the airport terminal gate.
Ground handling is frequently subcontracted by airlines to the airports they use, to third-party agents or to other airlines.
The ground handling team is made up of staff who perform a wide range of functions including:
- Ramp handling: guiding the plane into position and operating
- Servicing vehicles on the tarmac
- Refuelling and maintenance of the aircraft
- Clearing of the cabin and restocking of the catering supplies
- Check-in and boarding at the terminal gate
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AI, data, and biometrics: The key to a sustainable future for baggage?
10 August 2021 | By BagsID Network
Join International Airport Review in partnership with BagsID for a panel discussion on whether AI, data, and biometrics are the key to a sustainable future for baggage
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Watch TAV Technologies’ new corporate video
30 July 2021 | By TAV Technologies
TAV Technologies is pleased to share its new corporate video.
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IATA publishes research on aviation training requirements post-pandemic
Findings from an IATA survey have outlined that safety, operations and security will be the main areas where training will be required post-pandemic, once the workforce begins to return to the industry.
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Collaboration is key in making aviation truly sustainable
Mehmet Mercan, Operations Director at Diori Hamani International Airport (NIM), shares his insight into the aviation industry’s future sustainability targets and explains how the importance of state support incentives should not be undervalued in reaching these goals.
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Cleaner, Greener Airports: Making Aviation More Sustainable – Philadelphia Airport
In the latest instalment of International Airport Review’s exclusive series, Elena Fisher, City Planner in the Division of Aviation for the City of Philadelphia, writes how the DOA is working beyond its own initial sustainability goals to collaborate with outside organisations and government in order to achieve a truly integrated…
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Airport resiliency through social and environmental sustainability
For International Airport Review, the Director of Planning and Environmental Affairs for the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, Brendan Reed, discusses the role that sustainability - both social and environmental - will play in the recovery of the aviation industry post-pandemic, and how it will help San Diego International…
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Sydney Airport commits to net-zero carbon emissions by 2030
The commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030 incorporates all emissions under Sydney Airport’s operational control, and the airport will also continue its programme to target indirect ‘Scope 3’ emissions.
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What’s next with NEXTT – now and in the future?
29 March 2021 | By NEXTT Vision (IATA & ACI)
As a joint initiative of ACI and IATA, NEXTT (New Experience Travel Technologies) creates a shared vision for the future of travel. In our previous webinars, we reconfirmed the validity of the concepts under NEXTT in a Covid and post-pandemic environment and learned from our industry experts how they turned the concepts into…
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Airport adaptability is key in responding to the most unexpected scenario: COVID-19
Maxim Romanenko, Director of Ground Handling at Pulkovo Airport, writes of the lessons learned from adapting and thinking swiftly in response to the unprecedented environment caused by COVID-19 and how these successes can be taken forward in the sector as the virus loosens its hold.
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Interview with Gerold Tumulka, CEO of Swissport Middle East
In this video, Gerold Tumulka, CEO of Swissport Middle East, is interviewed by Fethi Chebil, Airport PPP Expert. Together, they discuss the impact of COVID-19 on ground handlers and the outlook for the ground handling business in the future.
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100 days later: The first three months of operations at BER Airport
On 8 February 2021, Berlin Brandenburg Airport achieved a significant milestone - 100 days of operation. Jan-Peter Haack, spokesperson for BER Airport, discusses the airport’s first few months of operation and the challenges of opening a brand new airport in the middle of a pandemic.
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New airport management system implemented at Perth Airport
The new operational system will support the coordination of decision making across the entire Perth Airport site, including landside, airside and all flights.
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The true cost of the COVID-19 crisis for aviation: Its people
The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) is the largest organisation representing aviation workers in Europe. In an article for International Airport Review , Eoin Coates, Head of Aviation at ETF, highlights the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on aviation's workerforce, and calls on the European Commission to act now to…
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Leeds Bradford Airport establishes new partnership for hydrogen power production
LBA has partnered with ITM Power on proposals for a new sustainable energy hub that will fuel the next generation of hydrogen and EV-powered ground handling vehicles.