Better technology and tracking should also mean a bag is reunited faster with its owner if it does get lost. An airline losing your luggage is a surefire way to ruin the start of a holiday. Nobody wants to be buying emergency clothing when they could be sipping cocktails on the beach.
But good news is coming from the aviation industry. A new report has found that airlines and airports are trying to reduce baggage mishandling with new regulations. The International Air Transport Association has made it mandatory for all airline members to track baggage at four points throughout the journey.
This should mean knowing where a bag is at all times and therefore leading to fewer incidents of lost luggage. IATA is a trade association representing over 300 around the world including most major carriers. Members are required to adopt regulations and standards that the body sets.
The IATA’s most recent global progress report has found that of 155 and 94 surveyed, 44 per cent have fully implemented the association’s baggage tracking requirements. Known as Resolution 753, it requires baggage to be tracked using scanned barcodes at check-in, when loading onto the flight, during transfers and on arrival at the delivery belt. 41 per cent of and are currently working to meet the requirements, the report added.
China and North Asia led the way with 88 per cent of airlines having implemented the system followed by the Americas with 60 per cent and Europe and Asia-Pacific with 40. From 2007 .
