Airport Ground Handling Assignment Report

1. Find data about the global percentage of airport ground handling being
outsourced and discuss the reason/s for outsourcing ground handling.
Please use IATA as a reference.
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As per data and statistic available in public domain, it may be inferred
that nearly 24% of the ground handling market in airport was handled by
independent service providers (outsourced) in 2007. The said figures
increased to approximately 50% in 2017 and is projected that the figures
will further increase to 70% by the year 2022 representing a significant
outsourcing of work. (Smith, 2020) The rational for such outsourcing is
deliberated as under:
(a) Benefit of reduced burden on the airport to manage the activities;
(b) Perk of fully trained staff are easily available;
(c) Reduces the headache of training and staffing;
(d) Services provided to customer are better; (Why airports should
outsource ground handling , 2020)
(e) There involves a professional approach and well-planned execution.
2. How is ground handling important in the airlines ́ goal to optimize
efficiency of the aircraft turnaround time?
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Ground handling is important in airlines goal to optimise efficiency of the
aircraft turnaround time on account of following reasons:
(a) For immobilisation and marking off with safety cones when landed;
(b) For reducing the ground time of an aircraft;
(c) For proper holding of baggage and load unloading of cargo;
(d) Disembarkation of passenger and crew;
(e) Cleaning of cabins
(f) Loading and handing of ramp
(g) Transportation of passenger
3. Ground handling is a critical and costly function that is conducted in
accordance with IATA’s Airport Ground Handling Manual. Discuss the
purpose of this manual and the reasons why this function is critical and
costly. IATA and industry reports might be useful references to support
your answer.
Answer

Objective of IATA’ is to have a one globally recognized standard for
ground handling. It also harmonizes the process.
Ground handling function is critical and costly because lot of responsibility
is involved like:
1. Ground handling staff works under time pressure. They also need to
be very responsible when handling the fragile cargo and preparation
of flight for next destination.
2. When the passenger aboard the staircase it is the duty of the
ground staff that the passengers feel safe.
3. They are responsible for the sorting of baggage and freight and to
transfer the baggage at right location. (Bhadra International, 2020)
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4. Find an academic reference on what airports can do to prevent bird
collisions and paraphrase the key findings about it.
Answer
There are various technique which are employed by the airport authority
in order to minimise the bird collisions:
1) Changing the habitat surrounding which makes easy for the bird to
find alternative feeding grounds. It can be done by removing seed
bearing plants, covering water pond with net, cutting down trees
which act as an attractive nesting place for the birds.
2) Modification of bird’s behaviour by using recorded predator calls and
other sound making instrument.
3) It is also better to change the path of flight and schedules of the
same in order to minimise the bird strikes. Spotters are trained with
binoculars in order to pinpoint hazardous bird and providing
direction to planes to different runways and highways. Radar
equipment can be used. Flight times can be adjusted in order to
avoid the busiest hour for bird activity. (Mayntz, 2019)
Make sure you use APA6 referencing style
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5. Please provide a simple infographic that explains what airports can do
to reduce the risk of bird collisions. You can upload either a diagram,
chart, table or image. You are also allowed to use these from web sources
(reference in APA6 needed).
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