Aircraft Ground Support Equipment: A Framework for Maintenance Strategies

Abstract

The airline industry encompasses a wide range of businesses, called airlines, which offer air transport services for paying customers or business partners. Airline industry can be classed as just one sector of the wider aviation industry. There are a number of services that may be done on a plane when it is parked at an airport terminal gate, and they are known as "aircraft ground handling. The number of passengers using airports continues to rise, pushing such facilities to their maximum capacity. Without the substantial services provided by the Ground Handlers, these brick and mortar infrastructures would not be able to continue to exist. Ground Support Equipment (GSE) is an industry term that refers to support equipment typically found at an airport that is used to service the aircraft between flights. The primary goal of GSE maintenance is to deliver the holder or user with safe and operable equipment that is also presentable, while incurring as little expenses as possible and experiencing as little downtime as possible. The laws that oversee airport operations must be complied with by any maintenance programs that are begun on GSE. Introduced equipment standardization, processes standardization, parts standardization, inventory management, asset management, maintenance KPIS, life of equipment and impacts on performance and reliability. Too little maintenance may lead to expensive breakdowns, poor system performance, and reduced dependability. Regular maintenance improves dependability but raises costs.