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Ground handling services contribute to a successful transit of goods and passengers and to the airport competitivity. These different services are covered by IATA and national regulations. The airport must constantly ensure to have optimised services, offered by performing suppliers, stimulated by a competitive environment. Safety services organization and procurement gets nowadays a strategic dimension as it represents an important cost to be controlled. EUROTRANS Consultants can carry on ground handling audits enabling the airport performance level to be measured and improvement actions to be proposed. This can concern:

• Airport strategy regarding ground handling services
• Handling services delegated scope
• Safety services procurement scope, content, cost and control
• Hour peak and season peak management
• Support means and premises
• New terminals operating modes

Public authorities are closely linked with airport management. Their involvement can vary upon the airport size. Airport management is subcontracted by For regional councils and public institutions willing to subcontract airport management, EUROTRANS Consultants carry on management assistance projects complying with European Union Services Directive, and with countries concerned regulations (Public service subcontracting for France). Their contribution deals mainly with :

• Prospective analysis of commercial strategy for all market sectors (commercial aviation, cargo, leisure, aerospace industry…)
• Operation and financial audit
• Equipment and investment projects technicial analysis
• Formalising sovereign authorities and local authorities expectations
• Drafting the management and investment program document
• Managing the operator selection and contractualisation procedure

Airport itself is covered by the EASA certification, in which its operator is involved. EUROTRANS Consultants are contributing to this by production of reference handbooks, allowing to initiating or pushing forward the certification process. The scope of knowledge related to these interventions allow EUROTRANS Consultants to propose their assistance services to all Airport management teams facing a prompt need of management and organization.