… other airport processes drive up the mishandling rate In fact, a well designed baggage system will missort only 1 bag in 10,000. Baggage handling systems do a fantastic job of reading these bar codes and matching it to the information for the bag, allowing it to be processed.
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Today, the vast majority of bags are checked and tracked using bar code technology generated messages. Source: SITA Baggage Report Today’s baggage systems missort only 1 in 10,000 bags, but … Yet the cost to the industry in 2017 still represented US$2.3 billion, so the mishandling of bags clearly remains a challenge. On top of that, there’s been a 46.2% cut in the annual cost of baggage mishandling to the industry. SITA’s WorldTracer® data shows that even with soaring passenger numbers (64% rise between 2007 to 2017), the mishandling rate per thousand of passengers fell by 70.5%. And indeed we’ve seen baggage operation performance rise dramatically over the last few years. A better record, but the challenge remains
Then at the end of the journey the bag must be unloaded and placed on the right baggage reclaim carousel.
Every one of the above steps must be repeated for as many legs as the passenger flies. Ensuring that the passenger and bag are on the same flight in certain jurisdictions The more legs, the more ‘risk’Īnd it’s not always just a matter of point-to-point flights.Ensuring the bag is on the right flight.Sorting the bag in the system to the correct loading location.Storing the bag until the flight is ready to be loaded.But think hard about it and there’s so much more going on behind the scenes:
On the face of it, taking a bag from a passenger at check-in and returning it to them at their destination seems like a very easy task.
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