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Integrated Risk Assessment In Ramp Handling Operations: Risk Mapping For Turkish Airports, Ebru Yazgan, Vildan Durmaz, Ayşe Küçük Yılmaz, Konstantinos N. Malagas
Integrated Risk Assessment In Ramp Handling Operations: Risk Mapping For Turkish Airports, Ebru Yazgan, Vildan Durmaz, Ayşe Küçük Yılmaz, Konstantinos N. Malagas
International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace
Ramp handling acts a vital role in sustainable airport operations. The ramp related services provided to aircraft and their passengers at the airports are related to the landing, take-off, unloading and loading of the aircraft. Human resource is a key component in ramp handling operation and errors by employees cause significant accidents or incidents. The main purpose of the current study is to prioritize critical risk factors in ramp handling operations by using an integrated risk management approach and optimizing human performance while minimizing both failures and errors by employees. In this study, an integrated qualitative and quantitative risk assessment …