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


ENTER AWARDS
Entry deadline: 29th May 2026

SPONSORSHIP
Partner with the awards

CONFERENCE TICKETS
Awards presentation
Tuesday 1st December

HOW TO ENTER

Deadline for entry - Friday 29th May 2026, 23:55 (BST)

You can submit your entry online using the online entry system. You will need to register first and then choose the categories you wish to enter. Once you have completed the work on your entries, you can submit them all at once.

The online entry system allows you to start an entry, save it, and complete it later.

Entry is FREE

Deadline for entry - Friday 29th May 2026 23:55 (BST)

Please ensure you are entering the correct category, refer to the entry description if you are unsure. Please ensure you place the main component of your entry within the web form provided and include all the information requested in each section.

Including supporting material is encouraged but it should not comprise the main component of your entry.

Please ensure you upload a high resolution company logo to accompany your entry.

Your entry will be judged based on the information you submit in the main entry form.

You may submit additional supporting information but this should be to enhance your entry and not replace the content of the entry form itself.

Whilst supporting material is important and helpful to the judges, we ask that you keep these documents to a reasonable number.

Multiple entries are allowed across the awards where applicable (please read category descriptions)

Sponsors may not enter the category that they are sponsoring

All entries must completed within the entry web form provided

Any access passwords or details required as part of entry judging must be clearly supplied in time for the close of call for entries

We appreciate that some entry information will be sensitive, all business information submitted will be in strict confidence

The Judges’ decision is FINAL. No discussions on recounts or requests for justification will be entered into

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