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INTERNATIONAL

EASTERN
EUROPEAN
GROWTH
BENEFITS
GHSPS
As the ground handling industry expands throughout countries in the region,
pressure to provide faster service increases.
By Mario Pierobon

E

astern Europe is a very important region
of the world for the aviation industry, as
it is characterized by particularly positive
growth figures as well dynamism. Aircraft
ground handling indeed benefits from this positive
status quo.
Overall the market is sustainable and healthy in
terms of growth and competition between ground
handlers.
"Segments of the Estonian market in Tallinn
International Airport (TLL) - baggage and ramp
handling - are still monopolistic, though it should
be opened in 2021. The number of flights is growing significantly in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
and it is directly related to inbound and outbound
tourism," says Kristijonas Bakutis, business development manager at Baltic Ground Services. "At
Vilnius International Airport, for example, passenger growth was around 50 percent in 20172018 and number of flights grew 30 percent."

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Industry Growth
With such growth, ground handlers are increasingly facing challenges to provide faster service.
"To meet these challenges, we are constantly
improving our processes by using 'lean management,' employing digital and virtual reality (VR)
solutions that allow to train new personnel and
update knowledge of existing employees in a much
faster and cost-effective way. In turn, we have a
very high punctuality rate (over 99.5 percent) and
effective costs. Of course, pricing is crucial, as all
ground handlers, operating in the EU must comply
with the same standards," says Bakutis.
The increased demand for ground handling
services in Eastern European countries to some
extent clashes with the lowest unemployment
figures in the whole of the EU.
"This creates a constant pressure to accommodate labor cost rise," notes Jiri Jarkovsky, chairman of the board of directors at Czech Airlines



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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Ground Support Worldwide

Business Buzz
Industry Expert Column – Ground Handling
GSE Through the Lens of FBOs
Securing Baggage Tractors with Bluetooth
inter airport Europe 2019 Preview
Eastern European Growth Benefits GHSPs
Not Your Parents' Boarding Bridge
Information is Power
JBT's Developments for Deicing
Product Hangar
Editor's Note
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Ground Support Worldwide - GSE Through the Lens of FBOs
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Ground Support Worldwide - Securing Baggage Tractors with Bluetooth
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Ground Support Worldwide - inter airport Europe 2019 Preview
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Ground Support Worldwide - Eastern European Growth Benefits GHSPs
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