Continuous airport growth, highly daily air-traffic volumes and increasing aircraft type variation set challenges for logisti ... c operations at today’s airports. Goldhofer and formerly Schopf have joint forces as Goldhofer Airport Technology GmbH in the business area Ground Support Equipment (GSE) to continue to grow and expand their leading market position according to the motto “Lifetime Performance”. “Lifetime Performance” does not only reflect the lifelong performance of the equipment but also its high quality, reliability, innovative design and timelessness. Goldhofer’s towbarless aircraft tractors are the safe and economical solution for modern airports. The tractors in the AST-1, AST-2 and AST-3 series are the key to flexible working for high speed towing, gate-to-gate and maintenance towing for aircraft up to 600t MTOW. Our product range of conventional tow tractors for civil aviation and military deployments includes a complete range of aircraft tow tractors between 5t and 70t operating weight, for handling aircraft in every weight range. read more