(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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