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Airport handling equipment

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 342-3383/02
Abbreviation LMT
Course title Airport handling equipment
Credits 4
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Robert Brázda, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Classification of handling equipment
2. Handling equipment for pulling and pushing aircraft
3. Equipment for preparing and filling aircraft with fuel
4. Equipment for preparing and filling aircraft with operating fluids, media and compressed gases
5. Equipment for launching aircraft
6. Equipment for air conditioning aircraft
7. Equipment for de-icing aircraft and applying functional media to designated functional surfaces of the aircraft
8. Equipment for cabin service and catering
9. Equipment for boarding and disembarking passengers from aircraft
10. Handling equipment for loading and unloading cargo from and into transport aircraft
11. Crane equipment for handling aircraft
12. Aircraft recovery equipment
13. Equipment and means for aircraft inspection


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Literature

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 .

Advised literature

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