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Airport handling equipment

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 342-3383/01
Abbreviation LMT
Course title Airport handling equipment
Credits 4
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Robert Brázda, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

1. Handling equipment for towing, extruding and pushing aircraft
2. Means for preparing and filling aircraft with fuel
3. Means for preparing and filling aircraft with operating fluids, media and compressed gases
4. Means for launching aircraft
5. Means for aircraft air conditioning
6. Means for de-icing aircraft and applying functional media to designated functional areas of aircraft
7. Means for cabin service and catering
8. Means for boarding and alighting passengers from aircraft
9. Handling means for loading and unloading cargo from and to transport aircraft


Povinná literatura

1. ŽIHLA, Z., PLOCH, J., SZABO, S.: Letecká doprava. 1. vydání Collegium Humanum 2020, ISBN 978-83-952951-9-5 .
2. KAZDA, A., CAVES, R.E.: Airport design and operation. 3rd ed. Esmerald, 2015. ISBN 978-1-78441-870-0.
3. 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 .
4. NARAYANAN, S. S. Aircraft Ground Handling. Austin Macauley, 2019. ISBN 978-9-948-37371-1.
5. HORONJEFF, Robert, MCKELVEY, Francis X., SPRULES, Seth a YOUNG, William J. Planning and Design of Airports. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2017. ISBN 978-1-259-64897-4 .
6. WELLS, Alexander T. a YOUNG, Seth B. Airport Planning and Management. 7th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2019. ISBN 978-1-260-14060-3 .

Doporučená literatura

1. SALIH, Chehab. International Aviation Law for Aerodrome Planning. Cham: Springer, 2021. ISBN 978-3-030-56841-2 .