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RSS airline baggageOn the Move with Continental Airlines
White Paper To ensure maximum productivity and smooth baggage handling, Continental baggage handlers and ramp agents require real-time access to applications and data over a secure, wireless network. The... [30 Jun 2008]
Mobile phones key to paperless air travel
News Mobile phones could be used to hold digital boarding passes, baggage tracking info and payment data within the next five years - making travel truly paperless, according to research by air transport industry IT provider... [20 Jun 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: A petabyte before I die...
Comment For example, a Winchester Drive of 20MB capacity housed in something close to the size of my airline hand baggage was £20,000 in the early 1970s. Written in a coffee shop in Ipswich UK and dispatched via... [14 May 2008]
Tech not to blame for Terminal 5 fiasco
News Video: Heathrow T5's cutting-edge baggage tech Walsh admitted there were issues with the baggage system software but added this wasn't the main factor which caused the situation to escalate. That's... [08 May 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Airport insecurity
Comment To be honest my pen is much more of a weapon than anything else in my baggage, not to mention the metal knife and fork I just used for my breakfast in the airline lounge, or indeed the bottles of spirits... [29 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?
Comment Video: Heathrow T5's cutting-edge baggage tech BA recently announced the planned move of the airline's long-haul services from Terminal 4 to Terminal 5 is to be delayed until June. It's a small claim to... [16 Apr 2008]
How did the Heathrow T5 launch go so wrong?
Comment To many, the travails of Heathrow's new Terminal 5 (T5) won't come as a huge surprise with the airport's infamous delays, lost baggage and struggling infrastructure often making the headlines. Video: Heathrow T5's... [28 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up BA, the sole airline using Terminal 5, yesterday had to cancel flights due to the baggage system problems, although most delayed passengers were moved to later flights. BAA, the owner of Heathrow, said... [28 Mar 2008]
BA CEO: Heathrow T5 chaos 'not our finest hour'
News The airline attributed yesterday's problems to a combination of factors including staff car parking and security and log on problems for baggage handlers. The problems at Heathrow's new £4.3bn Terminal 5... [28 Mar 2008]
Heathrow Terminal 5 suffers first day baggage chaos
News British Airways (BA) - the sole airline using T5 - had to cancel 33 flights (departing and arriving) before 14:00(GMT) due to the baggage system problems, although the majority of delayed passengers were... [27 Mar 2008]
Free wi-fi wings its way to BA lounges
News Video: Heathrow T5's cutting-edge baggage tech The service will be available from 1 April and, according to BA, is one of the first occasions a UK-based airline has offered free broadband in its lounges. [27 Mar 2008]
Heathrow T3 tackles lost luggage with RFID
News BAA hopes to recoup the £150,000 cost of the six-month trial from efficiency savings in baggage handling and reductions in the cost of returning lost baggage to customers. Passengers flying to and from... [13 Feb 2008]
Photos: Heathrow's T5 tech ready for take-off
Photo By putting the tech right by the plane any last minute changes, such as removal of baggage, can be managed more efficiently. BA crew log onto the airline's system by swiping their crew card and entering... [12 Feb 2008]
BA to roll out email to workers' mobiles
News The airline has been extending email connectivity to more than 20,000 in-the-field staff around the world - such as cabin crews, flight crews, baggage handlers, check-in staff and cargo agents - with... [31 Oct 2007]
Paul Coby
AS Profile All aspects of T5, including customer check-in and baggage, will be handled by new, state-of-the-art IT systems. Coby also takes an active role in wider industry groups and is chairman of Sita, the... [12 Oct 2007]
