OREANDA-NEWS. JSC ‘Service-VS’ ground service provider (GSP) at Vnukovo airport successfully renewed their registration for conformity with ISAGO (IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations) standards.

JSC ‘Service-VS’ has become Russia’s fifth GSP to obtain the ISAGO registration in 2011 year and confirm its compliance with the standards in 2013 year at the same time extend own scope of activity. The audit was conducted in the following areas of the company’s activities in 2013 year:

Organization and Management System;

Load control

Passenger Handling

Baggage Handling;

Aircraft Handling and Loading;

Aircraft Ground Movement,

which confirms the company’s commitment to using the cutting-edge standards in safety management in ground operations. The ISAGO audit is voluntary and serves a token of the attention the company is paying to safety provision in every aspect of its business. The ISAGO registration allows for wider cooperation with the world’s leading carriers and better marketing of provider’s ground-based services. Among them, registration allows to reduce costs by elimination of redundant audits. ISAGO provides GSPs with a model for operational risk & safety management in their organizations and for the first time there is a system for registration and sharing of audit results.

ISAGO serves to improve ground services safety through reducing the level of aircraft damage, personnel injuries, preventing from act of unlawful interference and through the use of unified standards developed with account to the world’s best practices.

A reliable ground services provider is one of the most important elements to flight safety, since a safe flight begins on the ground.