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20th - 22nd APRIL 2016, BRUSSELS EVENTwww.airsideint.com Winter 2015 Exploring GSE, airfi eld equipment and infrastructure | www.airsideint.com INSIDE THIS ISSUE... 6 11 18 Minimising The challenges Maintaining spares of airport operational inventories investment intensity in winter ne of the key safety tools available to all parties using the ramp is the International Air Trans- port Association (IATA) Ground Operations Man- ual (IGOM). This guide outlines recommended practices,O the objective being to improve safety and pre- vent aircraft damage – as well as improving efficiency in general. According to Chris Goater, manager, corporate communications for Europe, Middle East and Africa at IATA, accidents cost the industry US$4 billion every year. Goater goes on: “IGOM is integrated with ISAGO – the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations – and helps handlers to achieve ISAGO certification. It’s the core manual for all ground operations. The more people use it, the more effective it is, because it gets all operations up to the same standard. Our target for 2015 is to get 35% of all IATA members to use IGOM and to start implementing it. We have over 260 members in total, accounting for 83% of all global air traffic movements. “IGOM is important because if people are dealing with different manuals and requirements depending on the airline, there is more chance of mistakes happening. We’re trying to standardise across the airlines, so the guys on the ramp don’t have to memorise lots of procedures.” IATA’s IGOM suggests the best way of doing things is arrived at through working groups to iron out inconsistencies and take the best from the various approaches of those groups. Goater notes: “Some airlines are very fixed on how they like things done; however, we can’t wait for everyone to agree on every point – we have to go with critical mass. The onus is on our board carriers (there are around 20) to show leadership. I’m confident it will gather strong mo- mentum. At the Istanbul ground handling conference this year, a big element for us was to show the benefits of IGOM, CRITICAL MASS including a workshop on implementation.” IATA has a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Airports Council International (ACI) to work on a number The continuous need to improve safety on the ramp while harmonising standards is recognised by of issues, including security and ground operations. Ulti- airports, airlines and service providers alike – and the mood is optimistic, Megan Ramsay suggests mately, it is the airlines that decide how they want their Continued on page 2 $WDQ\DLUSRUWHIĺFLHQF\DQGUHOLDELOLW\DUHZKDWFRXQW7KHVHWZRIDFWRUV UHFHLYHPD[LPXPDWWHQWLRQLQWKHGHVLJQDQGHQJLQHHULQJRIDOO*ROGKRIHU DQG6FKRSIDLUFUDIWWRZLQJWUDFWRUV$PLQLPXPPDLQWHQDQFHUHTXLUHPHQW LV WKH NH\ WR PD[LPXP DYDLODELOLW\ DQG UREXVW HQJLQHHULQJ WKH JXDUDQ WHHIRUORQJVHUYLFHOLIH&KRRVHDWRZWUDFWRUIURPWKH*ROGKRIHU*URXS IRUWKHPRVWHFRQRPLFDOVROXWLRQRQWKHPDUNHW $LUFUDIW7RZ7UDFWRUV_&DUJR7RZ7UDFWRUV_$LUFUDIW5HFRYHU\6\VWHPV WWW.GOLDHOFER.DE WWW.SCHOPF-GSE.COM FEATURE | RAMP SAFETY Continued from page 1 aircraft serviced, so IATA has to get them on board with IGOM before extending the process to handlers and other service providers. “It’s a continual process of outreach; it is collaborative, but ultimately it’s up to the airlines” to drive the initiative, Goater insists. According to Angela Gittens, director general of ACI World: “Collabo- ration is the foundation upon which the industry is building a safe, se- cure and sustainable future. ACI World’s offices in Montreal are in the same building as those of IATA and located just across the street from ICAO (the International Civil Aviation Organization). In fact, the impetus for our move to Montreal from Geneva in 2011 was to work in closer collaboration with ICAO, and we’ve achieved this objective. From co- organising events with both ICAO and IATA and working on projects aris- ing from an ACI-IATA memorandum of understanding signed in October 2013 to participating in ICAO meetings, working groups and sessions, ACI is seen as a trusted partner that is well aligned with ICAO, especially where the priorities of safety and security are concerned.” SUPPORT National regulators are “definitely” supportive of ACI’s safety aims, Git- tens says. “Through our published best practices, ACI has proven to be able to set high standards. Regulators recognise this and often want to be associated with us in order to stay current and learn how our industry safety practices are improving.” ACI’s APEX in Safety programme is becoming very popular and in some cases is now considered a ‘’must do,’’ especially for airports seek- ing aerodrome certification. ACI has performed reviews at airports that serve a very small number of passengers a year and others that serve more than 80 million. The need for the APEX programme, which features airport experts with experience of the challenges involved, is twofold. First, national regulators do not usually have the necessary in-depth knowledge of man- aging airport safety while taking into account operational, financial, hu- man resources and risk management. Operators are developing their own expertise in order to incorporate safety regulations within their operational capabilities. “Furthermore, a regulator will simply note non-compliances and ask for a corrective action. The APEX programme brings in experts to make observations and give recommendations in order to meet the regulation or help the host airport on the spot by sharing an industry best practice,” MIKE BRYANT Editor [email protected] PARVEEN RAJA contents Publisher [email protected] HARLEY KHAN Head of Commercial [email protected] 6 Securing vital operational back-up MIKE BRYANT | EDITOR IAN TALBOT Sales Executive 11 Heavy investment in major development [email protected] elcome to the Winter 2015 issue of Airside BHAVI PATEL International, which covers 16 Looking ahead on airport growth Events Coordinator [email protected] its usual wide range of themes relating to the busy 18 Coping with snow and ice SHOBHANA PATEL Wworld of the airfield operating environment. Head of Finance [email protected] Because it’s winter, we take a look at the challenges of clearing snow and ice from 22 Multi-purpose, Multihog SHELDON PINK runways, taxiways and stands, while we also Creative Director consider the more year-round concerns of [email protected] 24 Showing the way airport operators as they relate to infrastructure development and airside lighting and signage. CHARLOTTE WILLIS Head of Circulation For the handlers and other service providers, 28 Lighting up the AGL market [email protected] we assess the issues facing GSE operators when it comes to ensuring spares are either 31 Looking back to Munich Address changes and subscription orders to: [email protected] on hand or at least readily accessible for their ISSN 1755-8697 equipment and analyse that most important of EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS challenges for all airside operators – ensuring Martin Roebuck, Chris Lewis, Megan Ramsay and David Smith 38 Airside update safety on the ramp. PUBLISHED BY - EVA International Media Ltd Boswell Cottage, 19 South End, Croydon, London, CR8 4AD, UK The issue also takes a fond look back at inter Tel: + 44 (0) 208 253 4000 - Fax: + 44 (0) 208 603 7369 Website: www.evaint.com airport in Munich in October, rounding up just PRINTED BY - Headley Brothers some of the highlights of this always hectic The Invicta Press, Lower Queens Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8HH, UK exhibition, and we finish with Airside Update, DISTRIBUTED BY - Ascendia our usual round-up of the best of the news from EVA INTERNATIONAL MEDIA LTD PUBLISHERS & EVENTS SPECIALISTS the past couple of months. Issue 32 © 2015 | www.airsideint.com We hope you enjoy the issue. Content may not be reproduced in any format without written permission from EVA International Media Ltd Exploring GSE, airfi eld equipment and infrastructure 2 AIRSIDE INTERNATIONAL | WINTER 2015 WWW.AIRSIDEINT.COM RAMP SAFETY | FEATURE Gittens points out. add this on top. Additionally, we closely monitor our operational per- For instance, through its membership of ACI Asia-Pacific (one of the formance with regards to quality, health and safety using standard KPIs “ACI has proven to five regions of Airports Council International), Hong Kong International (key performance indicators).” Airport (HKIA) can share its experience and best practice with other air- Unlike handlers, “Airports need to ensure they apply the proper be able to set high ports in the region through working groups, seminars and conferences. wingspan clearance distances on all of their taxilines, taxilanes or park- ACI Asia-Pacific is based in Hong Kong and represents 99 members op- ing gates depending on the aircraft category,” Gittens points out. Anoth- standards. Regulators erating 573 airports in 47 countries in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East er difference is that every airport needs to have a foreign object debris recognise this and regions. (FOD) programme for all stakeholders to apply, while fuelers or caterers are not required by regulation to have such a programme. often want to be INCONSISTENCIES ACI has been working hard to encourage airports to share best prac- Apron management is not regulated for an airline or a ground handler. tices in order to standardise methodology and compliance around the associated with us in For example, some airlines may require one wing walker and another may world. The organisation has published documents promoting best prac- order to stay current” ask for two, while ground handlers may ask their workers to chock their tices on apron markings, emergency proce- equipment at all times when parked and others may not. Most of these are dures and planning, wildlife and airside Angela Gittens industry best practices but they are not requirements. safety. APEX in Safety is now taking For large multinational handlers present at various airports it is pos- all of this to a new level by pro- sible to achieve a degree of consistency from one location to another.

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