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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

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)

Doporučená literatura

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 .