London Stansted Airport has a £70 million luggage system that is ready to go.
Stansted Airport has completed a four-year project to upgrade its £70 million luggage system. The project is the terminal’s biggest refurbishment since it opened in 1991. The old conveyor belts and conveyors were replaced with 2.4 km (1.5 miles) of track and 180 automated carts.
The system is designed by airport luggage experts Beumer Group. It is a completely automated system with new low-energy, faster and more efficient than its previous. It is the longest system of its type in the world, and at speeds of up to five metres per second (18 kmph), luggage will take roughly six minutes to travel from check-in to being ready to load onto an aircraft.
Hold Baggage System Programme Lead at Stansted Airport, Steve Radford, said: “While passengers simply hand their baggage in at check-in for their journey, below the terminal is a highly automated and complex system that seamlessly and safely ensures the right bag reaches the right flight. The Beumer autover® system uses the latest digital technology which will futureproof London Stansted’s baggage operation for years to come, improving performance for both our passengers and airlines.”
“We would much rather have welcomed the numbers of passengers we were expecting, but under the circumstances, the team took advantage of the situation and did a brilliant job. Despite the challenges that we’ve all faced in the last 12 months, it’s been encouraging to work on a project that’s going to have such a positive impact on passengers when they return to the airport”, said Mr Radford.
Klaus Schäfer, chief executive of Beumer Group UK, said: “We commend Stansted Airport in following their strategy and identifying the perfect window of opportunity for remodelling their baggage handling system set-up. This now means the airport has a future proof system and a great deal of built-in flexibility for years to come.”
“The integration of an end-to-end baggage handling system not only allows Stansted Airport to grow and service their airline customers and passengers, but it also places Stansted in the league of modern airports known for operating with a very efficient baggage handling design to increase baggage traceability and security at every stage of the handling process.”
The project also involves connecting the system to a new check-in area that opened in 2019 and installing high-tech baggage scanners, which are now needed by EU laws. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the airport was able to speed up the project and finish it ahead of time.
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London Stansted Airport Address: Bassingbourn Rd, Stansted CM24 1QW, United Kingdom
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