Ground Handling Services:

by Bhadra India Airport Ground Handling Services

Introduction to ground handling services:-

Ground handling services are the services which defines or includes all the services which an aircraft needs when it is on ground. Ground handling services can be also described as a process of handling the aircraft and servicing it completely when it is on ground. Airport ground handling services are usually done when the aircraft is parked at the terminal gate of the airport.

Airport Ground Handling Services:-

An aircraft needs ground handling services which includes services like catering service, cabin service, ramp service etc. When an aircraft is landed or for a period of time when it is on ground, it is essential to provide all the necessary ground handling services for it’s proper working and management. Here are examples of few of the airport ground handling services which generally take place in airport ground handling services.

• Cabin Services:- In airport ground handling services, this service,includes work like cleaning the cabin, taking care of consumable stuff like soap, tissues, edibles etc. And most importantly taking care of customer’s comfort.

• Catering Services:- Food and lodging is an extremely important perspective of an aircraft and airport ground handling services. Catering services covers the services related to food such as unloading and loading it, taking care of the waste etc.

• Ramp Services:- It includes services like greeting the aircraft and guiding the directions, supplying necessary equipments, interior cleaning, looking after toilets and water services, offloading the aircraft etc.

• Communication Services:- This is an important perspective of airport ground handling services which consists of the services like load control and balance calculations, transmitting and receiving flight operational messages, proper coordination between the aircraft and the ground services etc.

• Passenger Services:- It is that part of airport ground handling services which includes all the necessary work related to passengers such as taking care of their luggage, acceptance for incoming and outgoing passengers, taking care of their needs while travelling, treating properly the disabled passengers etc.

• Field Operation Services:- This services includes all kind of field work while the aircraft is on ground such as taking information about the proper time slots for dispatching the aircraft, checking fuel in aircraft, keeping record of weather conditions for save landing and dispatching of aircraft etc.

Ground handling services company in India:-

After so many legal and political challenges India is also having a good facility of ground handling services with an involvement of a third party which is usually a foreign company. Major ground handling services company and ground handling services agency in India are as follows:-

1. AISATS, Bird- Worldwide Flight Services at Delhi airport.
2. Air India, NAS Airport Services India located in Mumbai.
3. Air India, Bhadra International located in Chennai.
4. AISATS, Globe Ground Banglore.
5. Air India , Bhadra International at Kolkata.
6. AISATS, Menzies Bobba Ground Handling located in Bangalore.

The above mentioned are authorized ground handling services companies in India and groung handling services agencies in India.These few ground handling services company are located at metros. Other than these are:-
• Aerospace One Private Limited, New Delhi
• Dani Aviation Services Private Limited, Chennai
• Ventour Aviation, New Delhi
• Perfect Aviation Services Private Limites, Belgaum
• Sky New Aeros, New Delhi
• Man Managers, Ahemdabad
• Rajputana Aviation Jaipur

These are the few ground handling services company and ground handling services agencies in India.

Conclusion:-

Proper airport ground handling services are extremely essential for aircraft and we have many ground handling services company and ground handling services agency in India,which are working for providing good ground handling services. For safe and healthy working of the aircraft , proper functioning of ground handling services are must.