FEBRUARY 2013 GROUND HANDLING INTERNATIONAL
PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tim Ornellas tel: +44 1892 839209 e-mail:
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EXECUTIVE EDITOR Alwyn Brice tel: +44 1892 839212 e-mail:
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DESIGN Jason Taylor e-mail:
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INTERNATIONAL SALES DIRECTOR Alison Woolley tel: +44 1892 839208 e-mail:
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CIRCULATION Jessica Elvidge tel: +44 1892 839206 e-mail:
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CONFERENCE DIRECTOR Jean Ang tel: +44 1892 839203 e-mail:
jean@groundhandling.com
CONFERENCE MANAGER Sian Tetlow tel: +44 1892 839201 e-mail:
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PRODUCTION Emma Burrows tel: +44 1892 839207 e-mail:
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ACCOUNTS Emma Smith tel: +44 1892 839211 e-mail:
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CONTRIBUTORS Len Kirsch, Morten Kjellesvig & Bob Schmitz
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2 Handling News Collaborative Decision Making and Indian aviation revisions 6 Legal Column Len Kirsch looks at liability 8 Cargo News New complex for Chennai; data recording via smartphone 10 IT News Cloud computing and an iCargo solution 12 IT Focus Making a success of migration 13 Ground Handling International
2013 Asian Conference The Philippines awaits
20 World Analysis Africa and the Middle East examined
28 The Last Word? Bob Schmitz’s 96/67 Directive post-mortem
30 Industry Interview Lunch with Mike Doane of Douglas
32 Hi-lifts and Loaders Marketplace round-up
36 Cleaner and Greener Developments at Heathrow
38 Smooth Operator The future of taxi-ing?
40 The Green Pages Environmental news
43 People and Appointments
44 On the Right Track RFID and its advantages
48 Aircraft Washing Why this service is becoming popular
50 A Fluid Operation Toliet and water trucks
52 Con Brio! Looking back on the GHI Milan Conference
57 Ramp Safety Awards 2012 The category winners
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58 Ramp Safety Briefi ng The importance of people
62 Ramp Equipment News New to you?
64 Ramp Forum Snakes on a plane!
Page 48: Keeping it clean Page 32: The market for hi-lifts Page 20: Middle East and Africa
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