A year in the national project: Kazan Int’l Airport on success achieved
The Kazan International Airport has summed up the results of participation in the Labour Productivity national project in 2020. With the assistance of experts from the Federal Competence Centre (FCC), several new process solutions and measures were implemented at the airport, which made it possible to improve production processes, as well as to replicate the experience gained.
The Kazan International Airport joined the national project in June 2019 and became the first participant in the project from among airports and civil aviation companies.
In the first six months of participation in the national project, the airport has introduced lean manufacturing tools into the work process. In 2020, the airport replicated the experience gained from the pilot stream. To improve the efficiency of aircraft maintenance processes and the quality of services provided, a new unit was created, the apron service dispatcher (supervisor). Another effective solution at the airport is the relocation of the parking lot for special vehicles, which is involved in ground handling of aircraft, closer to the passenger apron.
As part of the national project, airport managers were trained under the Productivity Leaders programme: 17 people successfully completed the training course, as a result of which two projects were presented: “Increasing Labour Productivity by Improving Production Organisation and Introducing Managerial Innovations” and “Strategy for Increasing Air Freight Transportation Volumes Through Creation of Warehouse Infrastructure”. These projects are already being actively implemented.