SITA Partners Alstef Group to Launch Self-Bag Drop Solution

(20 June 2022, 10:30 +07)  SITA has signed a partnership agreement with Alstef Group, an established baggage handling specialist, to launch Swift Drop, a self-bag drop solution designed to significantly speed up the experience of checking-in your own bag.

The intuitive interface means passengers can quickly check-in their bags, avoiding long queues at traditional check-in points and giving them more time to spend airside, providing a boost to airports’ retail revenues.

Drew Griffiths, Head of SITA at Airports, said, “In airports globally, our Smart Path passenger solution has delivered faster, automated passenger experiences. The partnership with Alstef Group – leveraging their significant baggage handling portfolio – enriches our end-to-end offering with a fast, convenient and reliable self-bag drop solution. This solution has the added benefit of being easily biometrically enabled.”

SITA partnered with Alstef Group to launch Swift Drop, a self-bag drop solution

Part of SITA’s Smart Path passenger processing portfolio, Swift Drop comprises of SITA’s TS6 Kiosk and Alstef Group’s fully integrated bag processing solution.

For airports and airlines, Swift Drop dramatically improves baggage handling from the minute a bag is put on the conveyor belt, identifying overweight and oversized bags in seconds.

Advanced camera tag-reading technology ensures baggage will also be processed faster, with an average first-time tag read rate of 95%.

Passengers simply print their own bag tags and load their baggage directly onto the accessible conveyor.

Philippe Hamon, Sales Director, Airport Solutions, Alstef Group, said, “Taking the stress out of baggage is fundamental to any passenger’s journey. Our baggage processing solutions have been successfully implemented in hundreds of airports globally to do exactly that. It is therefore pleasing that we can extend these benefits to the whole passenger journey through our partnership with SITA.”

Mexico City’s brand new Felipe Ángeles International Airport has become the first airport globally to install 20 Swift Drop units.

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