Welcome to the Winter 2022 issue of Airside International, in which we talk to many of the GSE suppliers who demonstrated a range of their wares at the GSE Expo Europe show held at Le Bourget, Paris, in September. These include Denmark’s Vestergaard and ITW GSE, France’s ADVEEZ, Italy’s AVIOGEI, Belgium-headquartered AVIACO, and AeroVect and Textron of the US. Additional interviews with attendees at the show can also be found in a supplementary section of the digital issue of this magazine.

Autonomy is a feature of this edition, covered in some depth in our chat with the UK’s Aurrigo as well as with Stuttgart Airport and Aebi Schmidt, who are collaborating on autonomous snow clearance operations.

Complementing the latter article, this issue’s features include one dedicated to the changing technologies associated with snow clearance. We also cover the evolving apron bus market, which is looking to electric solutions, and the very interesting subject of the recovery of stranded aircraft that have suffered a runway excursion.

Finally, we talk to EcoOnline and the Airport Services Association (ASA) about their collaboration on an all-new Safety Incident Data (SID) platform.