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Managing merger
The SAFEGATE-THORN AFL merger has reached its first birthday and, in another first, its jointly developed product – SafeLED IQ – has reached the market. Airside International (AI) asks Per-Olof Hammarlund, SAFEGATE Group Chief Executive Officer, about the rationale for the merger and whether the strategy is paying dividends...read more
Date Posted: 01/03/2008
Issue: Airside International March 2008
GSE buyer and service provider
Launched in 1947, Aircraft Service International Group (ASIG) is one of the largest independent providers of aviation services to airlines and others. Airside International talks to ASIG about its dual GSE strategies...read more
Date Posted: 01/03/2008
Issue: Airside International March 2008
When push comes to shove
Competition between tractor and tug manufacturers is fierce, but when push comes to shove, what are the determining factors for success on the ramp? Airside International reports back from the manufacturers...read more
Date Posted: 01/03/2008
Issue: Airside International March 2008
Filling up
One aspect of service provision that is crucial to the day-to-day operation of airports is refuelling. Meggitt Fuelling Products, located in North Hollywood in California, and Blandford Forum in Dorset, UK, provides onsite refuelling across a wide range of industry sectors including petroleum and chemicals, rail, aviation, marine and defence. Jennifer Sprinks reports...read more
Date Posted: 01/03/2008
Issue: Airside International March 2008
Green snow
Believe it or not, snow clearing and the de-icing of airport runways is an art. It is down to innovative designs that focus on speeding up service delivery and ensuring products can be tailored to customers’ needs, writes ...read more
Date Posted: 01/03/2008
Issue: Airside International March 2008
A380 angst
Dr Michael Holzschneider is the Director of Airports and Civil Aviation in the Business Line Transportation and Infrastructure Division of Dornier Consulting. Here he writes about the impact of the A380 on airport infrastructure and asks whether airports worldwide are fit for the next decade...read more
Date Posted: 01/03/2008
Issue: Airside International March 2008
Air traffic sims
Delays, delays and more delays mark the prevailing wind in the US skies and on the ground, writes Sally Gethin. NASA FutureFlight Central is simulating US airfield air traffic scenarios and could provide the answer to US airfield gridlock...read more
Date Posted: 01/03/2008
Issue: Airside International March 2008
Ramping up runways
With the world’s airports undergoing so much airside extension and reconfiguration, runway design and construction is very much under the spotlight. Airside International speaks to the experts...read more
Date Posted: 01/03/2008
Issue: Airside International March 2008
