Emirates, one of the world's leading airlines, has marked its busiest winter for baggage handling in the past three years, according to recent statistics. From September 2023 to January 2024, Emirates has maintained an impressive track record, handling an average of 2.7 million bags each month fr...

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is celebrating two significant new contract wins in Asia for baggage handling services at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) and the renewal of its CIP Terminal Services contract in Singapore. In Hong Kong, WFS will commence its new baggage handling responsibilit...

Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) commitment to aviation safety has been recognised by Airport Authority Hong Kong with two HKIA Safety Excellence Awards for its fueling and baggage handling services. The ‘Extraordinary Contribution and Efforts on Airport Safety’ certificates, signed by Vivian...

Swissport International has added Al-Qassim to its growing network in the Middle East. Last week, a first flight of Pakistan International Airlines has been handled successfully at Prince Naïf Bin Abdulaziz International Airport (ELQ) in Central Saudi Arabia. With the handling of a first Pakista...

18 December 2019: AeroGround Flughafen München GmbH, Munich Airport’s subsidiary responsible for aircraft and baggage handling, has been awarded one of the two licenses to provide ground handling services at Hamburg Airport. As a result, AeroGround can begin providing ramp-side ground handling s...

Vilnius Airport aims to cut check-in times with self-service baggage drop-off stations as it develops a new baggage handling system Lithuanian Airports have announced two public procurements and currently are looking for contractors who will install a new baggage management system compliant with...

Miami-Dade County and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials hosted a media tour today of Miami International Airport's new state-of-the-art, fully automated baggage handling system. The new $324-million system, funded in part by a $101.2-million grant from the TSA, doubles the spee...

Brussels Airport welcomed more than 5.3 million passengers over the two summer months of July and August, 2.6 million in August alone, up 2.6 per cent on the same period in 2018. Taking its lead from July, August saw solid 2.6 per cent growth, welcoming over 2.6 million passengers. The busies...

Potential industrial action at Heathrow Airport has been averted after a multi-year pay deal was agreed by baggage handlers at the UK hub, who are members of the trade union Unite. The pay deal covers hundreds of workers employed by Babcock Airports Ltd, comprising five different bargaining unit...

Swissport says it is “confident” that a new proposal it has put forward to baggage handlers and other workers at Liverpool John Lennon Airport will be accepted. Yesterday, chaos over the bank holiday weekend was prevented at the north west UK gateway, when a planned strike was suspended. Aro...

Baltic carrier airBaltic says it is seeing strong demand for heavy cabin baggage since It introduced a new service in March. The carrier said that since it began, 100,000 bookings have been made by the airline’s passengers. As part of the new service, airBaltic passengers can purchase ad...

Brussels Airport is to install a new baggage system that will be completed in two years, as said it has been beset by problems to the current system this summer. The Belgian gateway said 2.25 million bags were processed in July, of which 10,000 could not be shipped immediately. Brussels Airpo...

UK autonomous vehicle specialist Aurrigo has developed a new way of transporting luggage around airports after developing the world’s first autonomous baggage carrying dolly. The company was approached by International Airlines Group (IAG) to use its driverless expertise and started a trial in...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) 75th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Seoul this week unanimously resolved to support the global deployment of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for baggage tracking. The AGM also called for the implementation of modern baggage messaging stan...

Swissport was recognised with the 2019 Innovator Award 2019 at the IATA Ground Handling Conference (IGHC) in Madrid on Wednesday (29 May)for its role in developing the 'LiftSuit'. The LiftSuit, a wearable exoskeleton, can help to prevent musculoskeletal injuries amongst baggage handlers. Flor...