In an effort to protect passengers and staff from COVID-19, Bengaluru Airport has introduced contactless technology at all steps of the journey.


In an effort to protect passengers and staff from COVID-19, Bengaluru Airport has introduced contactless technology at all steps of the journey.

Singapore Changi Airport has announced that it is upgrading its Terminal 2 Baggage Handling System to deliver higher reliability and efficiency.

Developed in partnership with Daifuku, Japan Airlines has debuted the self baggage drop system at Haneda Airport Terminal 1 to reduce queuing times.

The new services installed by Collins Aerospace allow Aer Lingus passengers to check-in for their flight using common-use self-service kiosks.
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The service, delivered with Marriott, is available to Polaris customers flying between New York/Newark and London Heathrow airports.

Narita International Airport will roll out 72 self-service Auto Bag Drop units, developed by ICM Airport Technics, ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Lufthansa’s passengers departing from Madrid Airport can now have their baggage picked up and checked-in from their location of choice.

China Southern Airlines passengers on domestic flights from Baiyun International Airport will be able to check in using BAGTAG starting mid-August.

The new bag drop system speeds up the check-in experience for travellers by allowing them to pay for and tag their own bags.

The trial will allow Ryanair passengers, staying at the Hampton by Hilton Edinburgh Airport hotel, to check-in their bags the night before their flight.

The ViewTag is equipped with RFID and BLE technology, and a digital display that shows the same flight information as traditional paper bag tags.

The IATA Annual General Meeting resolved to support the global deployment of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for baggage tracking.

Airlines across the world earned approximately $28.1 billion in revenue from baggage fees in 2018, according to a report by IdeaWorksCompany and CarTrawler.

According to SITA, airlines that are adding tracking at more points of the baggage journey are seeing a huge improvement in bag delivery globally.

Passengers departing with Thomas Cook Airlines from London Gatwick will now be able to check-in their baggage from their own home.
Using artificial intelligence (AI), Aeromexico’s chatbot, Aerobot, will now be able to respond to passengers’ queries about the location of their luggage.
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