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Airport handling equipment

Airport handling equipment
342-3383/01
čeština

Summary

The subject Airport Handling Equipment deals with handling equipment and means for:
- boarding and alighting of air passengers,
- loading and unloading of loads for transport aircraft,
- loading and unloading of CARGO for cargo aircraft,
- towing and pushing aircraft at aerodromes,
- filling of aircraft with compressed gases,
- preparation and refueling of aircraft,
- preparation and filling of aircraft with operating fluids and media,
- launching aircraft,
- cabin service and catering,
- aircraft air conditioning and heating,
- de-icing of aircraft and application of functional media to the relevant areas of aircraft.

Literature

ŽIHLA, Z., PLOCH, J., SZABO, S.: Letecká doprava. 1. vydání Collegium Humanum 2020, ISBN 978-83-952951-9-5 .
KAZDA, A., CAVES, R.E.: Airport design and operation. 3rd ed. Esmerald, 2015. ISBN 978-1-78441-870-0.
ASHFORD, N. J., MUMAYIZ, S., WRIGHT P. H.: Airport Engineering: Planning, Design, and Development of 21st Century Airports. 4th ed. John Wiley & Sons, 2011. ISBN 978-1-118-04824-5 
NARAYANAN, S. S. Aircraft Ground Handling. Austin Macauley, 2019. ISBN 978-9-948-37371-1
POLÁK, J., BRÁZDA, R.: Transport and Handling Equipment: VŠB-TUO 2012 (The text was created within the "InterDV" project)

Advised literature

GRAHAM, A. Managing Airports: An International Perspective. 3rd ed. Routledge 2011, ISBN 978-0-7506-8613-6 .
ZOGRAFOS, K., ANDREATTA, G., ODONI, A.: Modelling and Managing Airport Performance. John Wiley & Sons, 2013. ISBN 978-0-470-97418-6 .


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Language of instruction čeština
Code 342-3383
Abbreviation LMT
Course title Airport handling equipment
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Robert Brázda, Ph.D.