Textron GSE is pleased to introduce the newest member of the TUG ALPHA family of products. The TUG ALPHA 1 is the first-of-its kind, narrow-body pushback, purpose-built for unrivaled productivity, safety and operator experience. With three powertrain options, lithium, gas and diesel, the TUG ALPHA 1...

British Airways (BA) has celebrated its 100,000th aircraft pushback using the airline’s fully-electric, remote-controlled Mototok tugs. The GSE has been used to swiftly manoeuvre the airline’s 140-strong short-haul fleet out to the runway for take-off for the last two years. A video of th...

A worker at Charlotte Douglas International Airport who was killed in in a baggage vehicle accident has been identified as 24-year-old Kendrick Darrell Hudson. Hudson, who was an employee of American Airlines subsidiary Piedmont Airlines, lost control of the tug he was transporting baggage on. ...

LEKTRO, Inc. reached a new milestone delivering their 5,400th aircraft tug to Airbus at their manufacturing facility in Hamburg, Germany. This milestone breaks LEKTRO’s previous record as the world’s number one producer of electric towbarless aircraft tugs. The sale was brokered by LEKTRO’s a...

An accident on the ramp of Manchester Airport has seen one apron worker airlifted to hospital with limb injuries. The North West Air Ambulance was called to the scene on the apron following a collision between the tug and another vehicle. According to those present at the airport at the time o...

Lufthansa LEOS, the ground handling services expert at Germany's major airports, has been using the world's first eTug at Frankfurt Airport since 2016. The subsidiary of Lufthansa Technik has now put a second one into operation. During its construction, some improvement potentials were taken into ...

A Star Alliance aircraft was photographed on fire at Frankfurt Airport recently as a truck towing it burst into flames. The Airbus A340, operated by Star Alliance on behalf of Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines and Brussels Airlines sustained what looks like considerable fire damage after the tow burst ...