
🛫 Aviation · Sequence
The coordinated steps on the ground between arrival and departure: deboarding, cleaning, fuelling, catering and boarding.
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Aircraft turnaround sequence: the aircraft arrives at the gate and the turnaround coordinator records on-blocks. Passengers deboard, then cleaning, fuelling and catering happen in parallel. Baggage is offloaded and loaded. Boarding starts once cleaning is done. Load control sends the final load sheet to the captain, doors close and the tug pushes back.
sequenceDiagram
participant ATC as Air Traffic Control
participant TC as Turnaround Coordinator
participant GH as Ground Handling
participant FUEL as Fuel Team
participant CAT as Catering
participant LC as Load Control
participant CPT as Captain
ATC->>TC: Aircraft on blocks
TC->>GH: Start deboarding and offload bags
par Parallel services
GH->>GH: Cabin cleaning
TC->>FUEL: Start fuelling
TC->>CAT: Load catering
end
GH->>TC: Cleaning done
TC->>GH: Start boarding
GH->>LC: Final passenger and bag counts
LC->>CPT: Final load sheet
CPT->>ATC: Request pushback
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