IROPS or Irregular Operations are one of the greater challenges in baggage handling.  Fortunately, technology is about to make recovery from baggage IROPS much easier. The first innovation is the new IATA BIX or Baggage Information eXchange standard.  BIX replaces an expensive 60-year-old teletype messaging system called Type B.  These are one-way messages from the ticket…

PBTs have two essential elements that a barcode tag does not: The ability to read at a distance and out of line of sight using RFID A simple four-character unique identifier easy to remember and confirm These are the different ways to more quickly locate a single bag to offload: Loading inventory Hong Kong Airport…

With the arrival of PBTs, Permanent Baggage Tags, it is necessary to have a new system to identify baggage which is unique and with no possibility of a duplication.  The new baggage tag numbering system is called BID – Baggage Identification codes.  The BID is designed to replace the outdated single use LPN, or License…

WHY PBTs? Based on the specifications in IATA Recommended Practice 1740c, the PBT takes baggage processing several steps forward because: It speeds baggage check-in significantly It eliminates billions of single use tags It reduces airline and airport cost for tags, printers and kiosks It accelerates passenger throughput at check-in It makes compliance…