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10. July 2022

Frankfurt needs 3rd ramp handling agent…

… urges CEO, Dominik Misskampf, of cargo handling agent, CHI Aviation Handling. This would provide airlines with another service option in addition to the current agents, Fraport AG's ground handling subsidiary, (BVD), and its local competitor, WISAG Aviation Service Holding GmbH. However, the authorities should only grant the license to a company whose business focus is on air freight, recommends Mr. Misskampf. His statements are a reaction to the restrictions on cargo flights in Frankfurt by Fraport subsidiary, BVD.  For specifics pls visit: https://www.cargoforwarder.eu/2022/07/02/exclusive-frankfurt-restricts-freighter-ops/

 

Dominik Misskampf speaks frankly: An additional service provider would minimize the risk of the entire system running into trouble if one of the two current agents experiences operational and/or personnel difficulties, as is currently the case with Fraport subsidiary, BVD. The CHI expert suggests that a newcomer should put a very strong focus on air freight, in order to enhance the variety of services on the tarmac.

CHI executive Dominik Misskampf advocates for a third ramp handling agent at FRA to minimize operational risks and prevent the cargo system from derailing in peak times – photo: courtesy CHI
CHI executive Dominik Misskampf advocates for a third ramp handling agent at FRA to minimize operational risks and prevent the cargo system from derailing in peak times – photo: courtesy CHI

Politics should act
The CHI executive’s impulse will surely be heard by the Hessian state government. It is responsible for granting licenses to companies applying for operational permits on airport. In 2017, for example, the Hessian Ministry of Economics and Transport revoked the license of Spain's Acciona, after it had previously operated at Frankfurt Airport for almost 20 years. As a rule, the Ministry issues licenses or renews existing concessions for ground services, including transport and handling services, every 7 years.
In case a third ground service provider were to be admitted to do business at Rhine-Main airport, it would be entirely in line with the targets of the EU Competition Commission. For some time now, Brussels has been pushing to further liberalize ground services at European airports, this way preventing oligopolies and giving airlines a broader range of choices of which provider they want to cooperate with. However, the hurdles are high. In addition to acquiring a license, an applicant would have to invest a lot of money in technical and operational assets such as dollies, vehicles, and personnel. “Overall, a third service provider doing business at FRA, would minimize the risk of vulnerability to crisis and prevent the system from derailing, especially in peak times,” the executive maintains.

Communications must be improved
Since Fraport’s BVD announcement late on Friday afternoon came at extremely short notice, all players in the supply chain needed to coordinate processes to keep freight flowing despite the temporary constraints. CHI emphasizes “we are happy to assist in preventing the collapse of the freight system. But we need to be proactively involved in communication, or cooperation won't work."
The BVD flight ban has strained CHI and other ground handlers because their warehouses are running full since forwarders kept trucking goods to FRA and were trapped by the flight cancellations. “Now we have to figure out the best way to route shipments that got stuck at our freight terminal at Frankfurt to other stations.”


Heiner Siegmund

 


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    Rayhan ahmed (Sunday, 10 July 2022 23:54)

    A third ramp handling agent is
    Not easy . We at Heathrow have
    About approx 7 ground handling
    Agent and still there is a riot going
    On to stable the ramp and baggage
    Handling system . Aircraft are waiting
    20 to 25 min approx on stand to
    Be offloaded leaving the gpu and
    Chocks , and coning aside . This
    Is due no ramp handling staff and
    Passengers could wait up to 2 hours
    To collect there baggage in the
    Arrivals hall. Training new ramp staff
    Is not easy as they are all on temporary
    IDs and need to be escorted even to
    The privy on top of that they can’t
    Drive equipment and no trained and
    They have 0 geographic experience on
    The airside roads getting to A to B
    Unless they have joined from another
    Ground handler .
    Having a extra ground handling agent
    Would not help the problem unless
    Prober training has done on new
    Starters to perform the job - FMC,
    Tugs , dollies , and how to chock
    And power the aircraft correctly.
    At the moment all ground handling
    Agent at LHR are in deep problems
    To service there customers aircraft
    On time and efficiently at the moment
    This is not working . The new staff
    Can only work on bulk load aircraft as
    The 737, 320 . They are totally unable
    To work on containerised aircraft
    Which are then left standing for
    Nearly over 30 mins to be offloaded and
    The experienced staff are left to go to
    Aircraft to aircraft which then risks
    Health and safety .
    Yes getting another ground handler
    To service an airport is a good idea
    But how ??? Yes you have number
    Ground handlers to choose from swissport , Menzies , dnata .etc
    But you have invest in loaders ,
    Tugs , pushback tugs , doilies ,
    gPU generators , belts , and firstly
    Ground staff employment,
    Rest rooms , uniforms the list just
    Go on and on !!!!!

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