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title: "Groundhandling service — EASA Definition · Avioverse"
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# groundhandling service

EASA defines “groundhandling service” in one regulation. The wording below is reproduced verbatim from the EASA Easy Access Rules, with a link to the paragraph it comes from.

> ‘groundhandling service’ means any service provided at aerodromes comprising safety -related activities in the areas of ground supervision, flight dispatch and load control, passenger handling, baggage handling, freight and mail handling, apron handling of aircraft, aircraft services, fuel and oil handling, and loading of catering; including the case where aircraft operators provide those groundhandling services to themselves (self-handling);

Article 3 · Basic Regulation · Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 · Easy Access Rules, 16 Jan 2023 revision · [Read Article 3](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/basic-regulation/chapter-i-principles#article-3)

## Defined in the same article

- [aerodrome](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aerodrome)
- [Aerodrome operator](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aerodrome-operator)
- [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft)
- [aircraft operator](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft-operator)
- [apron](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/apron)
- [apron management service](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/apron-management-service)
- [ATM Master Plan](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/atm-master-plan)
- [ATM/ANS](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/atmans)