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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Airport insecurity
Comment After 9/11, an occasional lapse of memory meant my hand baggage continued to contain items no longer permitted in the cabin. 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... [29 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?
Comment Video: Heathrow T5's cutting-edge baggage tech It seems that the big-bang introduction of so many flights at once was too much for the new terminal to take. It's a small claim to fame, I know, but I was one of the passengers who flew from the newly... [16 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... T5 chaos, mobile maladies, and laptop losses…
Comment It's now late Saturday and there are still problems - cancelled flights, missing baggage, etc. Heathrow Terminal 5 suffers first day baggage chaos Doing a band-playing, big-bang move of so many flights and services to the new terminal was a fool... [03 Apr 2008]
Beijing airport gets in shape for Olympics
News Video: Heathrow T5's cutting-edge baggage tech The number of flights arriving in Beijing is predicted to increase by 70 per cent during the Games with peak days of around 1,900 flights, compared to the usual 1,150 average. [31 Mar 2008]
Heathrow T5: The end in sight for first day blues?
News So far 299 flights have been cancelled due to the problems which first emerged on Thursday when a number of issues - including car parking, baggage system problems and staff familiarisation - blighted the first operational day of the terminal. [31 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
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". BA, the sole airline using Terminal 5, yesterday had to cancel flights due to the baggage... [28 Mar 2008]
BA CEO: Heathrow T5 chaos 'not our finest hour'
News Passengers for flights scheduled for today are now able to check in baggage despite this being suspended on Thursday evening. The problems at Heathrow's new £4.3bn Terminal 5 (T5) have continued into a second day following the chaos caused by... [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 moved onto later flights. [27 Mar 2008]
Photos: Android, high-tech Heathrow, the future of shopping
Photo Meanwhile, Heathrow's Terminal 3 and Emirates Airlines are running a trial of RFID technology to keep track of baggage on flights to and from Dubai. Hundreds of bags wait to be loaded into the high tech baggage system at Heathrow's brand new... [28 Feb 2008]
Why did tech ground Heathrow baggage?
News Although normal service was resumed for passengers on Thursday, the BAA spokesman said continuing problems meant some baggage was still having to be directed manually at T4 behind the scenes. A BA spokesman said: "We were not able to accept hold... [21 Feb 2008]
Photos: Heathrow bags RFID tech to end lost luggage
Photo Baggage is loaded on and off flights in 'tins'. Heathrow Terminal 3 and Emirates airlines are running a six-month trial of tagging luggage with RFID chips on flights to and from Dubai. About 300,000 pieces of luggage are expected to be scanned... [14 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. silicon.com has been given an exclusive behind the scenes look at BAA's brand new Terminal 5 (T5) at Heathrow ahead of its... [12 Feb 2008]
Manchester Airport uses BI to back baggage rule change
News Manchester Airport is using business intelligence (BI) software to help manage passenger flows through security after becoming one of the first UK airports to once again allow people to take more than one item of hand baggage on flights. [07 Jan 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 more than 80 per cent of them now logging on to... [31 Oct 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: RFID and flight security
Comment Anyway he is being escorted from the aircraft and the search for his baggage and belongings begins. For sure cigarettes, cigars, lighters and matches are hard to spot using today's scanners, and thoroughly searching every passenger and their... [01 Dec 2005]
