The brand new system was phased into operation this summer season vacation and is now totally operational. Self check-in of luggage is feasible for passengers of each Brussels Airways and different airways of the Lufthansa Group (Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian) on brief and medium-haul flights.
This baggage ‘drop-off’ gives passengers the mandatory time financial savings, as a result of much more passengers can current their baggage on the similar time, in line with Brussels Airport. As much as 400 passengers per hour can verify of their baggage through the baggage drop-off. Passengers also can nonetheless go to the manned check-in counters.
In the course of the months of July and August, 35,000 suitcases have been checked in through the luggage drop-off. That is nearly 10 p.c of all suitcases on brief and medium-haul flights of the Lufthansa Group, the airport studies.
