SME News - Midland Enterprise Awards 2024/ 24 Best Aviation Ground Handling Equipment Manufacturer 2024 As with the vast majority of industries across the world, air travel has been primarily designed with the needs of able bodied people in mind. Unfortunately, this leaves many passengers with reduced mobility (PRMs) having to navigate travel in more convoluted ways. However, there are those who are set on making a tangible difference on a global scale, and this is perfectly exemplified through Aviramp®. Specialising in the design and manufacturing of boarding ramps that make embarking on one’s getaway far easier than ever before, Aviramp® is a direct response to the outcry of PRMs wanting to travel with as little fuss as possible. Join us as we explore Aviramp®’s inspired creations below. Beginning its journey as a collective primarily focused on the manufacturing of aluminium access ramps for disabled access and commercial use, it wasn’t until 2010 that Aviramp®’s exciting journey was about to truly begin. Recognised for its inspired ideas, it was granted a chance to develop a concept that would eventually become the company’s patented Remote Stand Boarding Ramps and Bridges. Specifically manufactured to enhance the boarding experience of passengers with reduced mobility, Aviramp®’s products would go on to shape the very future of worldwide travel – soon enough, airports across the globe were eager to get their hands on what would soon become the best aviation ground handling equipment currently available on the market. In partnership with Ground Support Management from none other than EasyJet itself, Aviramp® got to work developing a product that, upon its completion and initial testing, was able to remove a PRM’s need for an Ambulift when disembarking the aircraft. Combining low angled slopes with thoughtful manoeuvring capabilities, the Aviramp® possessed immense potential for both airlines and passengers, and it wasn’t long before airlines across the globe were enthusiastically requesting their very own Aviramp®. Now, the company stands as the manufacturer of the world’s first fully sustainable powered suite of passenger boarding ramps and bridges, as well as a global leader in aviation innovation. Since 2010, Aviramp® has been continuously developing its range of products and accessories in order to support airlines, airports, and ground handlers who are hoping to become a part of the worldwide pivot toward further inclusivity. Travelling can arguably be one of the most stressful experiences for wheelchair users and passengers with reduced movement, and Aviramp® took it upon itself to ensure that this would no longer be the case. Fully wheelchair accessible – even for electric wheelchair users – and capable of single person operation, these height adjustable remote stand boarding ramps and bridges amplify accessibility, without sacrificing sustainability in the process. Whether powered by solar energy or diesel, Aviramp®’s products achieve what so many have attempted over the years to an outstanding degree of success. To fully understand just how detailed Aviramp®’s impact has been over the past fourteen years, we believe it essential to turn our attention to the breadth of its product suite. With a myriad of options suited to various uses, aircrafts, and ground crew requirements, Aviramp®’s products – be they the ramps and bridges themselves or additional accessories and enhancements – promise to address all avenues. For example, the Aviramp® Lite is a boarding ramp for an ultra-narrow body aircraft, while the Aviramp® International mobile boarding bridge accommodates wide body aircrafts carrying a large quantity of guests. Despite the difference in size, each product can be operated by just one person, and can be run on either a small diesel engine or a fully sustainable solar power hydraulic drive system. Recognised as the Winner of the 2021 Queen’s Award for Enterprise; International Trade, Aviramp® is an example of a company that saw the changes that needed to be made, and vowed to do everything in its power to transform hopes into reality. Capably navigating the aviation industry, its team of experts was able to work in collaboration with some of travel’s greatest entities to cultivate a solution that, to this day, is still encouraging market-wide change. More people than ever before are identifying the benefits of increasing accessibility, and it’s a pivot that passengers with reduced movement are finally able to appreciate. For far too long, travelling has been a needlessly dreaded process for all manner of individuals who, unlike able-bodied passengers, have to approach their air travels in a more convoluted way. Rarely do PRMs receive the dignity they deserve when boarding and disembarking an aircraft, and it’s in this vein that Aviramp® wanted to intervene. No person should be restricted by something out of their control, and increasing inclusivity is the first step toward ensuring that every passenger, regardless of their mobility, can confidently approach the world of travel without the fear of things going wrong. Though it seems like an impossible feat, Aviramp® has become the world’s most passionate advocate for accessibility, and its industrydefying products stand as a vivid example of its determination to foster a new future for aviation. Sustainable, robust, and easy to operate, the Aviramp® suite marks a distinct shift toward a better tomorrow for PRMs, with new and exciting plans still unfolding behind the scenes. To Aviramp®, its work isn’t finished until every airline passenger feels as though they can venture to their chosen destination without ever having to consider the limits of their mobility, and it’s for this very reason that it’s set on continuously adding to its suite of phenomenal, globally renowned ramps and bridges. Manufactured in the Midlands, Aviramp®’s suite embodies exactly what SME Magazine defines as the Best Aviation Ground Handling Equipment Manufacturer 2024. Having already had such an impressive impact on a global scale, Aviramp® has developed a means for the travel industry to move forward, with its inclusivity-centric approach ultimately proving that straightforward travel for passengers with reduced mobility is entirely possible. One must only outline what
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