IATA launched a program reinforcing the industry’s aim of increasing the use of enhanced ground support equipment (Enhanced GSE). IATA estimates that the annual cost of ground damage could reach $10 billion by 2035 unless preventive action is taken. However, transitioning 75% of the global fleet of belt-loaders, cargo-loaders, passenger stairs and passenger boarding bridges to Enhanced GSE, would reduce the current expected ground damage cost per turn rate by 42%.
