Brussels Airport and TUI fly are conducting Taxibot tests as part of the Stargate program, a European Green Deal project for a greener aviation. The Taxibot is a semi-autonomous aircraft towing system that can significantly reduce environmental impact, as taxiing will happen using the Taxibot on ...

Northern Irish GSE manufacturer Mallaghan has announced the launch of a new SkyBelt belt loader. The company said the new, all-electric model is a highly capable, new conventional belt loader that capitalises on decades of experience and R&D efforts. According to Mallaghan, development of ...

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is trialling the use of electric autonomous shuttle buses as a part of its ambition to have emission-free autonomous ground operations by 2050. Two self-driving Ohmio buses are following a fixed route and making stops at various locations on Schiphol's airside. The s...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has stated that electric ground support equipment (GSE) is one of a number of "crucial" sustainability measures for the aviation industry to implement to meet its climate commitments. In a new policy document, the body outlines that sustainable a...

British Airways is embarking on a multi-million-pound investment programme to overhaul its ground support equipment at Heathrow Airport, as part of its commitment to reducing emissions both in the air and on the ground. The airline will gradually be replacing its ground vehicles at Heathrow, such...

IHSE, manufacturer of KVM solutions for the extension and switching of computer signals, announces that it has equipped a high-altitude Chinese airport with a fully redundant KVM solution for fail-safe air traffic control. Over the past few years, IHSE KVM solutions have become an element in air ...

The ASEAN ground support equipment market is projected to grow to a value of US$1.2bn by 2027, according to a study by Allied Market Research (AMR). The forecast for growth suggests the region's GSE market will prosper from a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 9.8 per cent from 2020 to 2027. ...

Sustainability is "at the heart of what we do", dnata CEO Steve Allen told journalists recently when he shared the ground handler's carbon footprint reduction strategy for 2030. Last week, Airside was invited to tour dnata's Dubai headquarters and airport facilities, where the ground handling bos...

UK-based ground support equipment manufacturer Newbow Aerospace has launched the first solar-powered wheel and brake change trailer. The company has introduced the new trailer in a move to support its "quest towards more sustainable ramp operations". Designed and manufactured for Aer Lingus to...

Charging solutions provider Advanced Charging Technologies (ACT) will provide chargers for TractEasy's EZTow vehicles in the US and France. The EZTow is an electric, autonomous baggage tractor - the product of a joint project between TLD and EasyMile. According to ACT, the vehicle will be the ...

The world's first fully electric refuelling vehicle in the 40 m³ category has been put into operation at Stuttgart Airport by Skytanking, one of the leading refueling service providers in the aviation industry. This is the first time that ground operations can be carried out exclusively with ele...

Hydrogen fuel services provider Universal Hydrogen has announced the first operational demonstration of the AmpCart H2 developed in collaboration with Oshkosh AeroTech - formerly JBT AeroTech. On track for operational deployment by the end of 2024, the demonstration unit of the future Oshkosh Aer...

Swissport Italy has committed €11mn to invest in sustainable ground support vehicles at Rome Fiumicino Airport - a "significant share" of which will be electric. The announcement comes as the ground handler looks to reaffirm its ambition to increase the share of electric vehicles in its fleet t...

AES and Red Handling, the handling entity of Norwegian, this week signed a 4-year contract with XOPS for its GSE tracking and fleet management system in Spain. XOPS provides airport asset management solutions, which includes fleet management, operations management, data management and other servi...

dnata said it has made a further step to reduce its carbon footprint by 50 per cent by 2030, by swapping airside diesel vehicles at Schiphol Airport for electric smart cars. As a part of the ground handler's eight-year green operations strategy, it has taken delivery of 15 electric smart cars, an...