Avinor and Vanderlande – both members of the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group – have formed an innovation partnership to explore ways of fully automating the last mile of the baggage handling process.

Avinor and Vanderlande – both members of the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group – have formed an innovation partnership to explore ways of fully automating the last mile of the baggage handling process.
Virgin Australia has launched a baggage tracking tool across more than two thirds of its domestic network, allowing travellers to know where their bag is at every step of the journey to deliver a seamless CX.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, an Airport Lab Network Partner of the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group, has purchased 30 new lifting aids as it continues to improve working conditions in the baggage hall.
easyJet has expanded its twilight bag drop service to Glasgow Airport, as part of new customer initiatives “for a quicker and easier journey”. The service is free for travellers on early morning flights.
Icelandair is to launch the Crew Solution from BAGTAG – a Strategic Partner of the FTE BIWG. After a successful PoC, it is introducing the innovation to “streamline processes and offer smooth journeys”.
Kristen Berndt, Senior Manager, Baggage Strategy & Innovation, United, explains the airline’s key efforts to streamline the passenger experience, better leverage data, and embrace emerging technologies.
A balanced perspective on the issues of security and privacy, and how biometrics identify travellers on the move, enabling greater throughput and better passenger experience, while respecting the traveller’s privacy.
Find out more >>Content plans: Bag tracking, autonomous, automation. Also live-streamed for those members unable to attend in-person.
Find out more >>Content plans: Year in review, PoC summary, and plans for 2024.
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Find out more >>Content plans: Proof of Concept (PoC) update, baggage tracking advancements, and new member presentation.
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Find out more >>Content plans: Pittsburgh International Airport presentation, Autonomous operations & Robotics POC updates.
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Find out more >>Content plans: Enhancing Hub operations through airport/home carrier collaboration – learnings and idea sharing, Innovation in bag imaging for border processing
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Find out more >>Singapore Airlines – a Headline Partner of FTE APEX Asia Expo (Singapore, 8-9 November 2023) – has partnered with baggage collection service AirPortr for customers travelling from Heathrow Terminal 2.
Alstef Group, a Partner of the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group (BIWG) has been awarded the baggage handling system project for the expansion of Antalya Airport’s Terminal 2.
TUI has started offering a home pick-up baggage service in collaboration with Bagpoint. The service is available for all flights booked via TUI that depart from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and for which online check-in is possible.
Austrian Airlines passengers travelling from Vienna Airport can now check-in baggage in advance and have it delivered to their destination airport. The at-home baggage check-in and delivery service is provided by AirPortr.
TUI has started offering a home pick-up baggage service in collaboration with Bagpoint. The service is available for all flights booked via TUI that depart from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and for which online check-in is possible.
Austrian Airlines passengers travelling from Vienna Airport can now check-in baggage in advance and have it delivered to their destination airport. The at-home baggage check-in and delivery service is provided by AirPortr.
Royal Schiphol Group hosted members of both the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub and the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group on 13 March 2023 for co-located in-person events.
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