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Comment I'm surprised BAA didn't take a leaf out of the rail industry's book. One bright spot - the data commissioner told BAA exactly what they could do with their fingerprinting plans. Perhaps BA and BAA were a tad over-ambitious in transferring all BA...
[03 Apr 2008]
News Walsh added that the backlog of bags generated by the problems is not affecting the day-to-day running of the baggage system and the issues are being addressed by a team of engineers and IT specialists from both BA and Heathrow operator BAA.
[31 Mar 2008]
Round-Up BAA, the owner of Heathrow, said yesterday there was a "minor problem with log-ons of the baggage system which affected the baggage on some outgoing flights". For starters the newly opened facility had problems with the baggage system, which led to...
[28 Mar 2008]
News Heathrow owner and operator, BAA, said the issue was "quickly rectified" with the baggage system now fully operational. A BAA statement said: "Early this morning there was a minor problem with log-ons of the baggage system which affected the...
[27 Mar 2008]
News Airport group BAA has still not been able to pinpoint the exact software glitch that left 6,000 British Airways (BA) long-haul passengers unable to take hold luggage on flights. BAA said it expected to pay compensation to BA over the failure of the...
[21 Feb 2008]
News Airport operator BAA hopes this chip could save airport staff hours of time by slashing the number of suitcases with tags which need checking manually - a laborious process that is currently required for tens of suitcases at T3 every day.
[13 Feb 2008]
Photo silicon.com has been given an exclusive behind the scenes look at BAA's brand new Terminal 5 (T5) at Heathrow ahead of its official opening for British Airways (BA) flights on 27 March. Ground crew can use PCs connected to the IP network to access...
[12 Feb 2008]
News Airport operator BAA is preparing to kick off an RFID luggage-tracking trial at Heathrow. Back in the summer the track and trace pilot was slated for a September launch but although all the necessary equipment for the trial has been installed it...
[14 Nov 2007]
Photo Photo credit: BAA In the bowels of the new building is the baggage handling system which BAA and British Airways are both extremely proud of. T5 has been jointly developed by BAA - which runs the airport - and British Airways which will become the...
[13 Jul 2007]
News The British Airport Authority (BAA) will install the infrastructure on selected check-in desks around the airport. BAA will use the trial to see how the system compares to the current system of barcode scanning in terms of keeping track of bags.
[09 Jul 2007]
Comment BAA staff also regularly assailed me to check, at least three times before security, that I have no fluids, balms or other substances in my pockets or hand baggage. On each occasion I have been subject to the new security regime inflicted by BAA...
[25 Sep 2006]
News Airport operator BAA is experimenting with RFID, a technology which it says could create a "step-change" in the way it does business. BAA clearly has big hopes for the smart chip technology, as its group IT director Richard Rundle told silicon.com...
[29 Apr 2005]
News This week international airports owner BAA talked about a reduction of that ordeal to just 15 minutes. Last week silicon.com spoke to SITA chairman and BA CIO Paul Coby about the possibility of airlines adopting RFID electronic tagging technology...
[30 Mar 2005]
News The British Airports Authority (BAA) also welcomed the use of RFID to help cut the number of lost bags but said significant obstacles to mainstream deployment still remain. A BAA spokeswoman said: "One of the problems is the affordability.
[23 Feb 2005]
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