Airport Ground Handling Systems Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2021 - 2026)

The baggage handling segment includes baggage loaders & containers, trolleys, container loaders, transporters, conveyor belt loaders, and other baggage transportation systems in the airport apron section. The airports across the globe are going through an expansion in passenger traffic and their baggage at rapid rates. This is further burdened by the growing trend of passengers to carry handheld baggage with them to carry their Mobile phones, power banks, laptops, headsets, tablets along with essentials like water bottles, and emergency supplies. The other factor driving the market for baggage handling is the huge number of baggage that airports have to handle on a daily basis. Most International airports have already hit their peak capacity or are going to hit their peak capacity during the forecast period between 2020-2025. This has led to the growing loss of baggage and damage to baggage, which are adding costs to airlines. Baggage handling vehicles, loaders, containers expected to see a demand growth over the forecast period. While airports across the globe are planning to go electric to cut down on emissions and get a tax benefit for reduction of emission, baggage handling vehicles on the apron are expected to go electric by 2021 across Europe and the Middle East, and a few countries in Asia.

The Asia-Pacific region is anticipated to register the highest growth rate during the forecast period. The increasing investments in airport infrastructure in countries, like China, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, and the Philippines, are boosting the growth of the region during the forecast period. For instance, with the growth in the middle-class population and government support, along with increasing air traffic in China, the country is expected to become the world’s largest aviation market by 2022, according to the International Air Transport Association. According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China’s Civil Aviation Development 13th Five-Year Plan, the country plans to build 74 new civil airports by 2020, taking the total to 260, up from 175 in 2010. This amounts to more than eight new airports per year to cope with the surge in passengers. Such expansion plans in China, privatization of airports in India, and airport expansion plans in Taiwan and the Philippines are likely to propel the growth of the airport ground handling systems market in the Asia-Pacific region. However, the outbreak of COVID-19 has resulted in certain airports to delay the construction plans which will impact the airport ground handling systems market during the forecast period.