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a secure environment for data sharing,"
note IATA officials. "Data is consolidated as
aggregated and de-identified information,
and this level of aggregated data is shown
through interactive dashboards that can
be found in the same secure environment.
Standard reports have also been distributed
regularly to the industry to show the latest
ground damage trends and hotspots."
IDX is an element of IATA's Global Aviation Data Management (GADM) program
which is used to help identify and monitor
emerging safety issues as part of IATA's Six
Point Safety Strategy.
"This is a comprehensive approach to
identify organizational, operational and
emerging safety issues. IDX has been established in close cooperation with the member airlines and strategic partners through
the IATA Safety Group (SG) and the Safety,
Flight and Ground Operations Advisory

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Council (SFGOAC). This strategy is predicated on the SMS principles and methodology of performance-based management
and oversight," says Ricardo Miguel, president of ABESATA, Brazil's national entity
representing the GSPs, which shares tasks
and information on a daily basis with IATA
Brazil and ABEAR, the Brazilian association of domestic airlines.
To date, there are some findings of IDX
that are of interest to the aircraft ground
handling industry.

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"An effective GSP SMS greatly contributes to prevent aircraft damages and,
when they occur, the severity is much
different between those GSPs with SMS
implemented and those without one," says
Miguel. "Also, cargo and baggage loading
equipment continue to represent in more
than 50 percent of damage reports those
pieces of equipment that cause the damage."
The latest trend found in 2019, highlights that the aircraft damage rate has been
relatively stable since 2015, with damage
rates found on arrival being higher than the
damage rates actively reported by airlines
and or personnel of GSPs.
"Additionally, GDDB data was used to
perform a quantitative analysis on the
safety performance of IATA Safety Audit
for Ground Operations (ISAGO) registered
operators and non-ISAGO registered operators," say IATA officials. "With the integration of GDDB with the ISAGO registry,
we were able to display specific metrics in
which ISAGO membership was improving
ground operations safety performance. A
few examples were the reporting culture,
the more robust damage inspection upon
arrival and consistent implementation
of operating procedures. This helped the
ISAGO program to show objective and
meaningful indicators."
For IDX participants, it is possible to
implement specific initiatives based on
IDX findings.
"The IATA Safety Group, the Safety,
Flight and Ground Operations Advisory
Council and the Ground Operations Council continuously analyze this information
and set strategies and objectives to improve
ramp safety," says Miguel. "As an example, for 2020-2022, the ground operations
objectives include delays reduction, cost
reduction per turn, safety improvements
and damage and injury cost reduction, the
reduction of environmental impact, the
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