Tagged: Baggage

Travellers at Scotland’s busiest airport can now check in their bags in just 30 seconds with the launch of its latest state-of-the-art facility, the UK’s first multi-airline bag drop. 

The aircraft manufacturer has made a next-generation step in baggage technology with the unveiling of its innovative ‘smart’ luggage prototype, which features an embedded RFID chip that can be tracked using the ‘Find my Bag’ function of the bag’s accompanying iPhone app.

Last week we began our countdown of FTE Asia’s 10 trends. Here are five more concepts changing the passenger experience, and not in the ways you might expect.

Passengers departing from MIA can now deposit their bags quicker and easier than ever before

Baggage handling at airports across Asia is set to receive a boost, courtesy of IT solutions giants Unisys’ latest enhancements.

The major modernisation and expansion project will see the implementation of 15 new IT solutions to optimise operations at Bogota El Dorado Airport.

Brussels Airport and Brussels Airlines have launched a pilot project that will allow passengers on intra-European flights to check-in their own baggage. 

Vanderlande will supply state-of-the-art baggage handling equipment to Guarulhos, Brazil’s busiest airport, ahead of the World Cup in 2014.