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INTERNATIONAL

How Ground Handling
has Adapted During the Pandemic
Ground service providers in Australia and New Zealand have worked to
mitigate COVID-19 related risks.

C

OVID-19 has significantly impacted
the aircraft ground handling industry. Ground service providers have
had to adapt to a new reality and
come up with solutions to continue to safeguard the safety and well-being of employees and passengers.
The threat of COVID-19 in Australia
and New Zealand has been overall comparatively low.
"The proactive measures taken by our
governments, and our relative isolation
to the rest of the world has seen the total
number of cases remain relatively low and
our health care system has been able to
manage the more serious cases effectively,"
says Alisha Gardner, safety and standards
specialist at Swissport Australia. "We have

been very fortunate that the fatalities in our
country have been very low compared to the
rest of the world. Some of our state borders
remain closed in an effort to reduce some
small clusters and mitigate a second wave
of infections."

Safety Programs

All photos courtesy of dnata

By Mario Pierobon

24 GROUND SUPPORT WORLDWIDE

AUGUST 2020

In order to address the risk of infection
from COVID-19 in the ramp environment,
each of Swissport's operating stations has a
comprehensive COVID-19 safe workplace
plan.
"The plan was developed to provide our
staff and visitors to our workplaces with
controls, aligned to government and health
department directives. We want our workforce to feel they can go to work and feel
protected," says Gardner.
Dirk Goovaerts, dnata's regional chief
executive officer for Asia Pacific, affirms
that the company's expert teams have
worked around the clock to develop and
implement a comprehensive health and
safety program, enhancing services, processes and training across the operations.
"dnata has run disinfection programs,
introduced new personal protective measures and further improved our cleaning
services to safeguard our staff and deliver
world-class safety for our airline partners
and their passengers," he says. "In addition
to the disinfection of our equipment and
facilities, we have supplied our employees
with personal protective equipment (PPE),
including face masks and hand sanitizers.
Detailed guidelines on wearing and the safe
disposal of PPE have been provided to staff
in various roles. Regular safety inspections
are conducted by a dedicated team, with
team briefings held daily to ensure that all
guidelines are understood and followed."



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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Ground_Support_August_2020

Business Buzz
Protect Equipment from Abuse
Industry Expert Column – Ground Handling
Don’t Sleep On the Dangers of Fatigue
How Ground Handling has Adapted During the Pandemic
AviationPros Special Report: How the Industry is Working to Combat COVID-19
Case Study: TPPL Batteries Bolster American’s eGSE
A Hybrid Approach to Deicing
Product Hangar
Editor’s Note
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