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Baggage handling

Baggage handling is the process of transporting passenger luggage from a check-in counter at a departure airport, onto a plane cargo hold and then to a collection point at an arrival airport.

A baggage handling system (BHS) is made up of a number of different processes and checks. A BHS is designed to count bags, check weights of bags, balance loads, screen suitcases for security reasons, transport bags through an airport conveyor belt system and read bag information automatically.

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Hamad International Airport hosts Salalah International Airport officials

15 August 2018 | By International Airport Review

Salalah International guests introduced to Hamad International Airport smart airport services, security techniques and cargo operations.

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International Airport Review – Issue 4, 2018

13 August 2018 | By International Airport Review

In this issue: using technology to improve passenger experience, security issues and how to mitigate the insider threat, and next generation baggage handling at San Francisco.

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Menzies and Airline Service merger raises competition concerns

8 August 2018 | By International Airport Review

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has raised concerns that the merger of Menzies and Airline Services will have adverse effects for the competition within the airport services industry.

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Improving the Passenger Experience with Passenger Flow Management

2 August 2018 | By Leidos

For many, the most stressful part of air travel is waiting at the airport. Crowded terminals, longer queues and wait times for check-in, security, customs, baggage claim, and even taxi queues quickly turn anxious travelers into frustrated passengers.

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Unwanted baggage scheme at Kansai International Airport

1 August 2018 | By International Airport Review

Vast amounts of luggage dumped at baggage claim in KIX has prompted the airport to offer an unwanted baggage scheme, and they will dispose of it for you.

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Helsinki Airport development includes three kilometres of new baggage handling belt

1 August 2018 | By International Airport Review

The ongoing development of Helsinki Airport will include an improved baggage handling system to cope with projected passenger numbers.

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easyJet launches doorstep baggage collection for Gatwick flyers

25 July 2018 | By International Airport Review

Airportr will collect passenger's baggage and take it to easyJet's bag drop area to make travelling with hold luggage less stressful.

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Amsterdam Schiphol introduces on-the-doorstep collection for passenger’s bags

20 July 2018 | By International Airport Review

Schiphol hopes its new initiative will reduce waiting times and improve passenger experience.

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Car park demolition to mark beginning of redevelopment at Helsinki Airport

11 July 2018 | By International Airport Review

The project comes after years of steadily increasing traffic at Finland's busiest airport.

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Why wait? Efficiencies in passenger processing at Vancouver

19 June 2018 | By Chris Gilland

With the demand for air travel set to double over the next two decades, airports must embrace innovation – as both a solution to increasing efficiencies and to improve passenger satisfaction. Chris Gilliland, Director of Innovative Travel Solutions at Vancouver Airport Authority, reveals the airport’s pioneering BORDERXPRESS and CHECKITXPRESS deployments.

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ACI and IATA’s NEXTT Vision – Building the journey of the future

8 May 2018 | By IATA and ACI WORLD

What does the journey of the future look like? ACI and IATA’s NEXTT Vision brings together concepts and ideas that will transform the passenger and cargo journey over the next 20 years.

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Gatwick Airport announces 1,200 vacancies from retail to ground handling

2 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

Many of the vacancies will be filled by workers from the surrounding counties, cementing Gatwick's position as an important local employer.

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