2026 SHORTLIST

Winners will be announced at the 27th Annual GHI Conference, Olympia, London, Tuesday 1st December 2026

Best Station

Sponsored by


Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl)

Kuala Lumpur Station

Phuket International Airport

SAL - Riyadh Station

SATS Hong Kong 

SATS Singapore Hub

Cargo Handler of the Year

AGI Cargo

dnata UAE Cargo

Menzies Aviation

SATS Singapore Hub

Servicios Aeroportuarios Andinos S.A. (SAASA)

WFS ( Bengaluru)


Digital Innovation - Cargo

AGI Skip the Front Counter – Digital Cargo Driver Processing
AGI Cargo

An Integrated Ecosystem for Operational Excellence in Air Cargo
Asia Airfreight Terminal

ApronEye - Apron Work Order Orchestrator
Turkish Airlines/Turkish Cargo

CargoGate
SAL Logistics Services

TDSB, Enhanced DG Handling, Future-ready Cargo Ecosystem
SATS Singapore Hub

Track Cargo
Talma Peru


Digital Innovation - Passenger Experience

Advanced Passenger Counting System
Air India SATS

AIRPORT COMPANION APP
Amadeus IT Services UK

CAST Pax Flow Prediction & Management Solution
Airport Research Center (ARC)

Dynamic Resource Deployment for T2 Hub
dnata UAE Airport Operations

Passenger with No Bags (PNB)
Swissport (King Abdulaziz International Airport)

RsmartAssist
Rsmart


Digital Innovation – Ramp Operations

AVIAM Smart Ramp Digital Ecosystem
AVIAM

easie Resource Management System
easie by ICRON

Fatigue Risk Management System
Air India SATS

Implemented a Duplicate Tag Verification
AOT Ground Aviation Services Company

Safety & Quality Observer Application
Turkish Ground Services

ARROW & OPSASSIST
SATS Singapore Hub


GSE Manufacturer of the Year

Sponsored by


AEME GSE

DENGE Airport Equipment

Mallaghan

OÜ ElectroAir

Weihai Guangtai Airport Equipment


GSE Product of the Year

Sponsored by


Auto-Cargo
Aurrigo

Ground Support Equipment (GSE) renewal programme
Talma Peru

Minerva Duplex Communication Systems
dBD Communications

Self-Propelled Deicer
Mallaghan

Smart Composite Roller
EASYROLL Technology (Hong Kong)

Electric Remote-controlled Towbarless Aircraft Pushback Tractor - TPX-200-MTX-E
TLD


Industry Leader of the Year

Sponsored by

Jaffar Dawood
dnata UAE Airport Operations

Enrique Vargas Loret de Mola
Servicios Aeroportuarios Andinos S.A. (SAASA)

Joe Griffith
Mallaghan

Musdalifa Bin Abdullah
GTR

Samson Nicholas
AISATS

Rashell Samuels
GCG Ground Jamaica

Lifetime Achievement

Mervyn Walker
Menzies Aviation

Danny Vranckx
AVIACO GSE

Mohamed Hanno
ASE Group

Gül Denge
DENGE Airport Equipment

Frank Mena
Swissport USA

Artemio Vargas García
Talma

Ramp Safety Hero

Jayaprakash Choudhary
Air India SATS

[TBC]
Kuala Lumpur GTR

Ng Yun Fat
SATS Hong Kong

Yosuke Nakanishi
Swissport Japan

Tobin Kaiko
Menzies Aviation

Maciej Lewandowski
WRO-LOT Airline Services

Zhou Huayu
Beijing CAH SATS Aviation Services Company


Ramp Safety Innovation

Accident Risk Management (ARM)
Hong Kong International Airport

Integrated Control Centre (ICC)
Swissport UK & I

MORSE (Menzies Operating Responsibly, Safely and Effectively)
Menzies Aviation

PUJ Safety Management System
AVIAM

ARROW
SATS Singapore Hub

REACH Programme
Velora Abu Dhabi

Rising Star (under 30)

Sponsored by


Anastasiia Smyk
Yes

Jay Biddle
Swissport UK&I

Kamil Syskowski
WELCOME Airport Services

Muhammad Eizham Bin Zaihan
GTR

Niracha Oun-arrom
AOT Ground Aviation Services 

Volkan Ozyurteri
PrimeFlight UK

Unsung Hero

Sponsored by


Ardiansyah Bin Yunos
GTR

Ashley Murray
PrimeFlight Aviation Aberdeen

Cee-Jay Facey
Menzies Aviation

Mohammed Farid Asyraf Ayob Razali
AeroDarat Services

Muhammad Khairul Na'im Bin Hajazi
GTR

MD Rashid Jamal
dnata UAE Airport Operations