Ground Support Equipment (GSE) installations at Hamad International Airport (DOH)

Ground Support Equipment covers every powered and non-powered vehicle that moves, feeds, heats, cools or loads an aircraft while it sits at stand. It includes aircraft tugs and pushbacks, belt and container loaders, ground power units, pre-conditioned air carts, passenger steps, catering hi-lifts and lavatory and potable water trucks. Airlines, ground handlers and airport operators procure GSE in large fleets, usually on 10-15 year lifecycles, and are now transitioning heavily to electric models to meet Scope-1 decarbonisation targets.

Hamad International is what happens when a state airline designs its own cathedral. Opened in 2014 and already expanded twice, it serves as Qatar Airways' global spine and routinely tops Skytrax's best-airport rankings. 2024 traffic hit 52.7 million passengers and cargo cleared 2.6 million tonnes — both records. Phase C, now in tender, will lift capacity beyond 70 mppa and add a second passenger processing hall.