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Airport handling equipment

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.

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 .