september2021 - 8

Upcoming Events
Oct. 3-5
IATA Annual General
Meeting (AGM) and World
Transportation Summit
Boston, MA
Oct. 5-7
International GSE Expo
Las Vegas, NV
Oct. 12-14
World Cargo Symposium
Istanbul, Turkey
Oct. 12-14
NBAA Business Aviation
Convention and Exhibition
(BACE)
Las Vegas, NV
Nov. 1-5
Petro 2021
Washington, DC
Nov. 9-12
inter airport Europe 2021
Munich, Germany
Nov. 15-18
IATA Ground Handling
Conference
Prague, Czech Republic
BUSINESS BUZZ
TOP NEWS
FAA Awards Grants
to Purchase ZeroEmission
Vehicles
The FAA awarded $20.4 million
in grants to reduce emissions and
improve air quality at airports across
the United States. The awards will fund
zero-emission airport vehicles, including
their electric charging infrastructure,
and will electrify the ramp equipment
used to service planes at the gate.
" Transportation might be the biggest
emitter of CO2, but that means we have the
opportunity to be a big part of the solution, " said FAA
Administrator Steve Dickson. " These grants put us on the right
path to build a more sustainable aviation system. "
The announcement specifically includes $5.9 million to purchase zero-emission vehicles.
These grants are 100-percent funded by the FAA with $4.5 million from the agency's
Zero-Emissions Vehicle program and $1.4 million from President Biden's American Rescue
Plan Act.
NAS Renews ISAGO Registration
National Aviation Services (NAS) has successfully
renewed its IATA's Safety Audit
for Ground Operations (ISAGO) for the
fifth time. In 2008, NAS was one of the first
ground handling companies to be ISAGO
registered and since then has been consistently
conforming to IATA's highest standards
of safety in operations processes and
procedures.
The ISAGO certification is an industry
global standard for assessing operational
management and control systems for ground
handling service providers. Following a
successful renewal audit at its headquarters,
NAS was ISAGO registered for organization
and management (ORM), load control (LOD),
passenger and baggage handling (PAB), aircraft
handling and loading (HDL), aircraft
ground movement (AGM) as well as cargo
and mail handling (CGM).
OCTOBER 5-7, 2021
CAESARS FORUM
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
" It's always great to see NAS recognized
for safety in the area of ground operations.
This is the fifth time we have received the
ISAGO recognition, and it is even more
significant because we managed the audit
in between a global pandemic and airport
closures. This posed several challenges, but
we managed to sail through with adaptability
and resilience, " said Hassan El-Houry,
Group CEO, NAS. " Despite the difficulties,
we continued to persevere and serve the
industry to drive its full potential and kept
essential supply chains across our network
flowing uninterrupted. "
AGI Opens New Off-Airport Facility
at Newark, Moves to New Warehouse
Cargo handling services provider Alliance
Ground International (AGI) has opened a
new 76,000-square-foot off-airport air
cargo facility five minutes from Newark Liberty
International Airport to process import
8 GROUND SUPPORT WORLDWIDE SEPTEMBER 2021
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