Airlines handle bags better

Airlines score far better rates for bag handling than ten years ago. The number of mishandled bags has dropped by 70 per cent in the last decade.

Air transport technology organization SITA has published a report about how baggage management has improved globally. Over the next two years, SITA reports, airline passengers can expect to see major differences. In 2018, IATA Resolution 753 comes into effect, aiming at improving bag handling even further. Baggage tracking is expected to become commonplace eventually.

SITA’s CEO, Barbara Dalibard, has high expectations of this resolution: “Over the last decade, we have seen significant improvements in bag management as airlines have taken advantage of technology. Now with IATA’s drive for 100% bag tracking, technology adoption will rise further. End-to-end tracking produces data which reveals where improvements can be made in operational processes.”

AirportWorld reports that, in 2017, the number of airline passengers in the world grew to more than four billion, but the number of mishandled bags was kept at a low 5.57 per thousand passengers: the lowest level ever recorded.

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