Airline Handling International 2007/8

Publish Date: 01/07/2007

Publication:  Airline Handling International

With introductions from IAHA and IATA, Airline Handling International 2007/8 reaches into each geographic region to present the reader with analysis and in-depth articles about airline handling buying decisions as well as service provision in each region, be it from independent, airline or airport handlers.

In Europe, Air Berlin and easyJet both explain their low-cost buying decisions while Menzies talks growth and Swissport talks strategy. The Little Big Tug Company, AAT and Axxicom Airport Caddy all tell us about their handling products and then there are catering concepts from Gate Gourmet and IT solutions from Lufthansa Systems, IBM, Sky Assist, Rostima and Workbridge Solutions.

Headed further east and Volga-Dnepr Group, Czech Airlines and MALÉV Hungarian Airlines all explain their purchasing strategies and, in the Americas, Southwest Airlines tells us why IBM's kiosks are the way forward. Staying with the Americas, handlers from DAL Global Services, ASIG, Worldwide Flight Services to ACGHS carefully describe their various approaches to handling.

In the Middle East & Africa, Emirates SkyCargo gives us insight into its handling choices while Dnata Airport Services and

Dnata Cargo focus on their areas of expertise. MEAG, International Aviation Bureau, Aero Services Egypt, Equity Aviation Services and NAHCo are all featured. Finally, in Asia and Asia Pacific, Air Deccan gives us an airline perspective while handling expertise comes from KL Airport Services' and Hactl.