CPH’s Director of Airport Optimisation explains to FTE how sensor-based predictive modelling and self-service systems are helping the airport optimise processing.


CPH’s Director of Airport Optimisation explains to FTE how sensor-based predictive modelling and self-service systems are helping the airport optimise processing.

Singapore Changi Airport has launched self-tagging and self-service bag drop in Terminal 1 as part of a three-month trial alongside Jetstar Asia.

London City is the first European airport to offer this baggage delivery service, which allows passengers to have their bags transferred between the airport and central London.

Lufthansa has developed a new home-printed bag tag, along with an RFID-enabled holder, which can initially be used on the Frankfurt-Tokyo Narita route.
Alaska Airlines will introduce home-printed bag tags on 21 April following a successful trial on the Seattle-Hawaii route in 2013.
FTE spoke to IATA’s Paul Behan about the forthcoming Smart Security trials at Schiphol and Heathrow, the latest Fast Travel plans and a permanent bag tag standard.
FTE was shown around Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 2 by Development Director John Holland-Kaye, who highlighted how common use kiosks, self-tagging, bag drop and self-boarding will help to provide a great passenger experience.
Four Type22 Scan&Fly self-bag drop units have been installed at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and will initially be trialled for a period of three months.
Aéroports de Montréal has completed the conversion of eight bag drop stations into self-service systems, allowing all US-bound passengers to make use of self-service bag drop.
FTE spoke to AirAsia’s Steven Dickson about the self-service facilities that will be available in klia2 and why airports should treat LCCs and full-service airlines differently.

Air France has become the second airline to adopt home-printed bag tags, allowing passengers to print and attach their own bag tags before leaving home.
FTE paid a visit to Gatwick Airport, where CIO Michael Ibbitson showed us how next-generation technology is being used to improve the baggage, security and immigration processes.
Moscow Domodedovo Airport has installed self-service WorldTracer kiosks, which allow passengers to report delayed bags without having to queue up to see an agent.
In the latest stage of its customer service improvement push, Ryanair will for the first time let passengers bring a second small carry-on bag onboard.
Exploring how permanent bag tags, home-printed bag tags, baggage delivery, remote bag drop and lost baggage services can improve the passenger experience.

Low-cost carrier Air Arabia has introduced a check-in facility in a Sharjah city mall, enabling passengers to drop off their bags and collect their boarding pass before going to the airport.
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