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Luggage Tag ?! You can print it directly from Home…

Contracting betwen Airlines and the Several airport , decide who is going to do the check-in . Often i remember in Milan Malpensa , that the check-in of the luggage is made from the S.E.A ( company who run both Milan Airport ) . So the Airline company pay for the service Directly S.E.A

A New Idea

Airlines are constantly thinking of ways to simplify the check-in process and save time for both passengers and staff at the airport. Any work that they can transfer from the airline to the passenger means that fewer staff can be employed and the airline can save money.( and we can buy cheaper ticket’s ) This is already evident in kiosks that are spreading through departure halls around the world – the increased volume of automated check-ins means that staff only need to be on hand to handle problems and luggage.

MyBagTag ;)

The latter half of those costs are now being targeted by the airlines. Iberia, Spain’s national carrier, just announced the launch of MyBagTag, a tool that allows passengers to print their bag tags at home. Affixing the tags through a specialized envelope developed by the carrier, the passenger only needs to enter the weight of each bag and then print the tag on a home printer. Upon reaching the airport, they simply hand over the luggage.

MyBagTag is a clever way for airlines to move some of the work to the passenger’s responsibility, but it doesn’t completely remove the need for staffed check-in desks. A human being will still have to be on hand to receive the bag and double check that the passenger didn’t fabricate the bag weight. It’s likely that someone will also have to review each tag to ensure that the passenger printed the proper document and mounted it correctly. But the volume of staff needed to do this will surely be less than the current crop that are needed to process each bag.

Watch The Video ;) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2IbASkEZJxk

Iberia , the National Spanish Airline Company

Iberia’s program is currently being tested in Spain but will roll out to international destinations shortly. Expect other major carriers to watch closely as Iberia vets the program – if it’s successful, the process will surely spread.

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Klement Hasaj