In aviation, aircraft ground handling or ground operations defines the servicing of an aircraft while it is on the ground and (usually) parked at a terminal gate of an airport.
Aircraft ground handling of a Lufthansa Airbus A380 at Frankfurt Airport in Germany.
Icelandair Boeing 757 being serviced by another airline; SAS at Gardermoen Airport
A ground-handling tug pulls a British Airways Boeing 747-400 at Heathrow Airport, England
Airbus A380-800 operated by Qatar Airways on apron outside Heathrow Terminal 4 with a wide range of ground handling equipments around such as aircraft container, pallet loader, ULD, jet air starter, belt loader, pushback tug, catering vehicles and dollies.
Ground support equipment (GSE) is the support equipment found at an airport, usually on the apron, the servicing area by the terminal. This equipment is used to service the aircraft between flights. As the name suggests, ground support equipment is there to support the operations of aircraft whilst on the ground. The role of this equipment generally involves ground power operations, aircraft mobility, and cargo/passenger loading operations.
A single dolly for an aircraft cargo Unit Load Device, next to a group of dollies for loose luggage.
Those on the left are dollies from Cathay Pacific for baggage unit load devices (ULDs). Those on the right are dollies for loose baggage.
A large dolly holding two aircraft cargo Unit Load Devices for American Airlines.
Dolly for unit load devices
