Even though it may not always be visible to customers and passengers, airport ground operations play a crucial part in the overall flight and travel experience.
Ground handling includes critical tasks that impact the safety of crew and passengers and it directly contributes to maintaining an efficient operational flow at the airport, reducing flight delays and disruption.
So far, 2024 has been the year where global traffic returned to pre-COVID levels – or even exceeded it. According to a December 2023 International Air Transport Association (IATA) report, global air traffic was at 98.2% of pre-COVID levels.
Singapore’s Changi Airport (SIN) reported that its 2024 Q1 passenger numbers have already surpassed what was registered for the first quarter of 2019 by 0.5%. Meanwhile, London-Heathrow Airport (LHR) finished the first quarter of 2024 with what it referred to as a record-breaking start to the year at 18.4 million passengers, the most the airport has ever seen.
And it’s not just the major airports. According to a report by Asia News Network, Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS), Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL), Taipei’s Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE), Seoul’s Incheon Airport (ICN) and Shanghai Pudong International…
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