
CELEBRATING AVIATION EXCELLENCE
AROUND THE WORLD
We are hugely excited to be launching this year’s Pride of Ground Handling Awards, which will be taking place at the 27th Annual GHI Conference at Olympia in London on 1 December.
Following our stellar record of 180 completed entries last year, it was heartening to see such a strong response from the industry once again.
Building on last year’s momentum, we have reviewed the categories and expanded them to 13.
As one of our most popular categories, Digital Innovation has now been divided into three focused subcategories: cargo, passenger experience, and ramp operations.
To offer clearer distinctions for entrants, we have separated the Ramp Safety category into Ramp Safety Hero and Ramp Safety Innovation.
We’ve also brought the final entry deadline forward this year to 29 May — so please take note, mark your calendars, and be sure not to miss the opportunity to enter .
We’re also delighted to welcome new faces to our judging panel, and I’m especially pleased to announce that Keith Purdom has agreed to serve as our Head Judge this year. Many of you will know Keith from his time at Servisair, and he now works as Head of Business Development at Rsmart Aviation Software.
Thank you once again for your continued support of the Pride of Ground Handling Awards — the only global awards event dedicated to recognising the incredible people and companies across the ground handling industry.
We can’t wait to see your entries!
Samantha Payne Polepaka
Editor & Conference Producer
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