As the winter season creeps ever closer in the northern hemisphere, many airports begin their preparations for the de-icing season.

As an almost secret science to the general public, the de-icing process raises many questions.

• Is de-icing harmful to the environment?
• Why, during the de-icing procedure, can you sometimes smell maple syrup?
• Or, what do nightclub smoke machines and de-icing solutions have in common?

Aviator, a leading Scandinavian aviation ground handling company with many years of experience in the field of aircraft de-icing, will try to answer these and other questions.