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    In aviation, aircraft ground handling or ground operations defines the servicing of an aircraft while it is on the ground and (usually) parked at a terminal...
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  • airport or a handling agent, or even to another airline. Ground handling addresses the many service requirements of a passenger aircraft between the time...
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  • SAS Ground Handling is Europe's third-largest full-service provider of aircraft ground handling and airport related services. SAS Ground Handling is the...
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  • airports and ground handling agents. An aircraft held on the ground incurs costs, consequently airlines plan operations to minimise ground time. It is...
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    wear on aircraft engines is during ground use. A pushback is therefore the preferred method when ground-handling aircraft. IATA defines aircraft pushback...
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  • communication and a part of aircraft ground handling. It may be as an alternative to, or additional to, radio communications between the aircraft and air traffic...
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  • DMAN (category Aircraft ground handling)
    information to various stakeholders at the airport (i.e. the airline, ground handling and Air Traffic Control (ATC)). EUROCONTROL have defined DMAN as follows:...
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    Remove before flight (category Aircraft ground handling)
    mechanical parts, is only used when the aircraft is on the ground (parked or taxiing). On small general aviation aircraft, this may include a pitot tube cover...
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  • Dnata (category Aircraft ground handling companies)
    dnata) is an Emirati airport services provider which provides aircraft ground handling, cargo, travel, and flight catering services across five continents...
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  • Menzies Aviation (category Aircraft ground handling companies)
    John Menzies Ltd. is an aviation services business providing aircraft ground handling services, through its subsidiary Menzies Aviation Ltd. The company...
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  • carrier of Bangladesh. Biman's subsidiaries are associated with aircraft ground handling, aviation engineering, aviation training and flight catering. Among...
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  • Unifi Aviation (category Aircraft ground handling companies)
    Unifi. Unifi provides services such as aircraft ground handling, ground support equipment maintenance, cargo handling, security and janitorial. The company...
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  • Groundforce Portugal (category Aircraft ground handling)
    Air Portugal, offering aircraft ground handling services in Portugal. It was created with the privatization of the ground handling services of airline TAP...
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    Jetex (company) (category Aircraft ground handling companies)
    Asia Pacific, Africa, and the Americas. Jetex provides FBOs, ground handling, aircraft fueling, international trip planning, and concierge services....
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    Recipe Unlimited (category Aircraft ground handling companies)
    Recipe Unlimited Corporation is a Canadian company that operates several restaurant chains such as Swiss Chalet, Harvey's and The Keg, and food distribution...
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  • and aircraft ground handling.: 6-2  While the term gate precisely refers only to the point of access for passengers, and the area where the aircraft itself...
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  • Colt International (category Aircraft ground handling companies)
    Colt International (founded in 1999) is an aviation service company that specializes in contract jet fuel and international trip support. The corporate...
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    system is a system which gives information to a pilot attempting to park an aircraft at an airport stand, usually via visual methods, leading to the term Visual...
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  • Servisair (category Aircraft ground handling companies)
    Servisair was an aircraft ground handling company which was acquired and merged into Swissport and partly the Nordic-based Aviator Airport Alliance in...
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  • second-largest airport ground handling service company in Uganda, behind market leader Menzies Aviation Uganda. Other services offered include aircraft maintenance...
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    Bag tag (category Aircraft ground handling)
    device for travel with your baggage. Retrieved May 1, 2018. "Baggage Handling on Ground: How Does It Work? - Airliners.net". IATA Passenger Services Conference...
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  • Aviapartner (category Aircraft ground handling companies)
    passenger ground transportation. Ramp handling: Loading and unloading of baggage and cargo to/from aircraft on the ramp, ground power provision for aircraft, cleaning...
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  • Air, a regional carrier. Alaska Airlines in turn wholly owns an aircraft ground handling company, McGee Air Services. Alaska Air Group was formed in 1985...
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    Fixed-base operator (category Aircraft ground handling)
    aeronautical services such as fueling, hangaring, tie-down and parking, aircraft rental, aircraft maintenance, flight instruction, and similar services. In common...
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    Baggage carousel (category Aircraft ground handling)
    destinations) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baggage carousels. Ground support equipment Lost Luggage (video game) "Term: Baggage Carousel". collinsdictionary...
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  • Swissport (category Aircraft ground handling companies)
    Swiss aviation services company providing airport ground handling, lounge hospitality and cargo handling services. Its headquarters are located in Opfikon...
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  • National Aviation Services (category Aircraft ground handling companies)
    2008, NAS received IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO). In 2017, NAS acquired Entebbe Handling Services (ENHAS) and rebranded it to National...
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  • Jardine Aviation Services (category Aircraft ground handling companies)
    a complete range of ground handling services at the Hong Kong International Airport. As at 2002, it handles a quarter of aircraft movements, and over...
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  • Sabena technics (category Aircraft ground handling companies)
    repair, and overhaul) provider offering services to civil and military aircraft operators. 1968: Founding of Touraine Air Transport by Michel Marchais...
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  • Maneuvering area (category Aircraft ground handling)
    aerodrome to be used by aircraft for takeoff, landing, and taxiing, excluding aprons and areas designed for maintenance of an aircraft. A movement area, as...
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