REDEFINING THE END-TO-END PASSENGER EXPERIENCE AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
The latest news relating to airline and airport baggage handling processes, covering self-service bag drop, common use baggage solutions, home-printed bag tags, NFC/RFID permanent bag tags, baggage tracking and baggage reconciliation.
In a major announcement at FTE Global 2024, Brussels Airport has been unveiled as the latest member of BOOST – a groundbreaking initiative to transform the future of baggage handling through robotics and automation.
BagsID is a Gold Sponsor of FTE Global (Los Angeles, 28-30 October 2024). In this interview, Richard Camman, CEO, BagsID, discusses the importance of baggage intelligence for airlines and airports.
Brussels Airport – a Partner of the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group – is upgrading its baggage system. Hear more from Brussels Airport at FTE Global – the “CES of Aviation” – in LA, 28-30 October.
SITA – a Strategic Partner of the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group – is to install state-of-the-art passenger verification and check-in solutions, including common-use self-service bag drops, at PVG.
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SITA – a Strategic Partner of the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group – has installed state-of-the-art Swift Drop Self-Bag Drop units in the new Alaska Airlines location at SFO Harvey Milk Terminal 1.
Toronto City Airport has awarded Alstef a contract to upgrade its baggage handling system. The upgrade supports the airport’s initiative to integrate U.S. Customs and Border Protection preclearance processing.
Aeroporti di Roma – a Corporate Partner of the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub – has launched ‘Airport in the City’, a new check-in and baggage delivery service at Termini Station in central Rome.
Vanderlande – an Airport Lab Network Partner of the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group – has signed contracts to provide end-to-end baggage handling systems for two airports in Vietnam.
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BEUMER Group – a Strategic Partner of the FTE BIWG – has been selected as the vendor for a new baggage handling system at Gerald R. Ford International Airport as part of its Terminal Enhancement Project.
Find out more about the next in-person meetings of the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group (BIWG) and two exclusive baggage tours at Pittsburgh International Airport and Oslo Airport for BIWG members.
The FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub along with the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group members convened on 15 April 2024 at the Lufthansa Aviation Center at Frankfurt Airport for a collaborative event.
Austin-Bergstrom Airport (AUS) has started the next major, transformative ‘Journey With AUS’ expansion project – the West Infill and Transportation Security Administration Checkpoint 3 Expansion.
In this interview, Idar Sørgjerd, Department Manager, BHS, Tech & Op. Excellence, shares Avinor’s strategy for its baggage handling infrastructure, with robotics, autonomous vehicles, and AI at the forefront.
Manchester Airport (MAN) has installed a one-of-a-kind baggage system from Vanderlande in Terminal 2. Both MAN and Vanderlande are Airport Lab Network Partners of the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group.
BEUMER Group – a Strategic Partner of the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group – is introducing an innovative solution for hand baggage screening at airports alongside partner HÖRMANN Klatt Conveyors.
Travellers arriving at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol – an Airport Lab Network Partner of the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group – can now see real-time, AI-powered information about baggage waiting times.
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