Airport Ground Handling Services Market Explanation

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Mar 19, 2017
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The airport ground handling services market encompasses the services, equipment, processes and systems required by airlines or aircraft operators for the period of activity between arrival and departure. Ground handling encompasses a broad range of services including baggage handling, passenger handling, ramp handling, cargo handling, in-flight catering, refueling, and cabin cleaning with line maintenance.

Ground handling services are provided by in-house divisions of airlines or by independent ground handling companies. An airline’s business model is a key factor in influencing whether an airline provides its own ground handling services or outsources this to a third party. Ground handling regulations vary across the world but tend to follow a generic template that is based on historical context and traditional requirements by operators. Commercial air transport industry associations and their Ground Handling Council, have published a list of industry approved policies and practices related to airport operations.

In addition to services and equipment, ground handling also includes IT software and connectivity solutions for the purpose of managing operations and being able to allocate resources in response to real-time developments. Ground handlers can use software solutions to access flight schedules and make preparations based on passenger or cargo information, as well as planning for disruption such as delays.

A few key points about the airport ground handling services market:

·         Ground handling is a key part of airline and airport operations.

·         Ground handling encompasses passenger handling services, baggage and air cargo handling, ramp services, in-flight catering, aircraft fuelling and FBO services for business / private aviation.

·         The market is seeing the share of ground handling services provided by independent companies continue to increase.

·         The ground handling landscape is extremely fragmented with a high number of companies operating at international and domestic level.

·         Ground handling providers vary significantly in terms of the size of their respective networks, services and business models but follow a generic template which covers the basic level of services required by airlines or aircraft operators.

Overall, the most obvious change in the MOD processes with industry will be a willingness to look at fresh ways of doing business. For some time there has been a general thrust towards longer-term arrangements under Public-Private Partnership PPP initiatives. In the DLO there is project going through under PPP at present covering Airfield Support where the contenders of the contract have been asked to provide a service at a number of military main operating bases thereby subsuming a range of activities traditionally provided in-house. How this is to be accomplished will be up to the eventual contractor but the breadth, depth, and length in terms of timescale of this particular project are a clear demonstration of the changes that are occurring now on the ground. That is not to say that there will not be teething difficulties and these do need to be exposed and solved, however, the environment is now conducive to mutually beneficial solutions of problems.

About the Company:

Bhadra International India Pvt. Ltd is one of the best Airport Ground Handling Services provider in India, offers Indian Aviation Services and Ground Handling Services.

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