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Winter 2018
Welcome to the Winter 2018 issue of Airside International, in which we combine our usual selection of topical feature stories with more news-driven articles. Our features consider the issues relating to snow clearance as we experience days of snow and ice in the Northern Hemisphere, and those relating to AGL – or airfield ground lighting – and assess how evolving technology is enabling airfield and airport operators to consider more options than the traditional halogen lights of recent times.
Follow these stories and many more through the feature links or in the digital edition.
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GSE & Ramp-Ops Review 2018
This year’s GSE & Ramp-Ops Event was held in Croatia, at the Dubrovnik Sheraton Riviera Hotel. The first thing visitors would have noticed as they flew into the small but very efficient airport ...
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Swissport inks handling deal with Air New Zealand
It’s all change in Australia for Swissport as it celebrates a big contract win In September, it was confirmed that global ground services provider Swissport had been appointed by Air New Zealand to...
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Taking on the winter weather
For many airports around the world, snow clearance is not just a task for a few difficult days once in a while – it is a challenge facing airport authorities for a good part of the year, and require...
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Budapest looks to the future
In mid-September, Budapest Airport officially opened its new 10,000m² Pier B. The pier, which adjoins Terminal 2B, forms one part of a much larger BUD 2020 development programme that the Hungarian ga...
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Bellekens takes over as TCR CEO
Last month, on 1 October to be exact, longstanding TCR executive Tom Bellekens formally took up the role of CEO at the company Bellekens replaced Marc Delvaux at the head of TCR’s leadership, the l...
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HiSERV, a new GSE provider on the way up
HiSERV is a German GSE supplier offering a range of rental options, plus other services such as fleet management and pooling options, maintenance and consultancy to support its leased GSE equipment. E...
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Buyer’s Assessment: Cologne-Bonn Airport
In this Buyer’s Assessment, Wolfgang Löhr, director of flight operations & winter services, and Markus Moi, head of winter services - aircraft movement areas at Flughafen Köln Bonn, operator o...
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Bright sparks in airfield lighting
New technologies are offering different alternatives when it comes to lighting the runways and taxiways of the world’s airports and airfields Much of the talk over the last few years in relation to...
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A look back to IAGSE
Between 2nd and 4th October, the International Airport GSE Expo, or IAGSE – was held once again at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The biennial show was another big succes...
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Goldhofer rolls out the big beasts
German GSE manufacturer Goldhofer briefed journalists on its brand-new Bison family of vehicles, an entirely newly engineered range of tugs, at the recent International Airport Ground Support Equipmen...
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Esterer: Fuelling the future
An aircraft fuelling tanker manufacturer is taking a lead on driving safer and more efficient on-airport fuelling technology As well as Goldhofer, also on the shared Flite Line stand at the expo in L...
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Harlan innovation
Jamie Kaplan, CEO of Kansas City-headquartered GSE manufacturer Harlan Global Manufacturing, was talking about the value of three particular items of GSE from the company’s portfolio at the recent e...
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JBT covers the bases
JBT had a significant presence at the 2018 International Airport GSE show in Las Vegas. Inside, it had a booth together with one of its partners, Tandem GSE, highlighting customer care assistance with...
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ACT moves into the GSE battery charging business
There’s a new name in the specialised GSE battery charging segment: California, US-headquartered company Advanced Charging Technologies (ACT). ACT has been active in the forklift battery charging se...
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SOVAM on the rebound
Tim Rane, president and CEO of Parthenay, France-headquartered GSE supplier SOVAM, says that the company, which had some tough times prior to its acquisition by new owners in July 2017 (most specifica...
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TLD leads the way
Yves Crespel is the group communication director of Alvest, a group dedicated to the design, manufacture and distribution of technical products for the aviation industry, including aviation ground sup...
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FAST expands – quickly!
Minnesota, US-headquartered FAST Global Solutions has continued on its path of expansion, an upward trajectory that is being charted in the form of both new manufacturing capacity and new products In...
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AVIOGEI targets transatlantic market
Aprilia, Italy-headquartered ground support equipment manufacturer AVIOGEI was at the IAGSE show to promote its expanding range of GSE in the North American market In particular, AVIOGEI was showing ...
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Allen Energy showcases EnerSys battery options to GSE market
Another battery specialist was on hand in Las Vegas to show off its wares – or rather, in fact, to show off the wares of battery power giant EnerSys Orlando, Florida-based Allen Energy represents E...
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