At the Passenger Terminal Expo 2024, Siemens Logistics will be presenting an innovative portfolio of high-performance hardware, intelligent software and smart service solutions for the continuous improvement of baggage handling. Fair visitors will have the chance to learn how airports and airlines can make more efficient use of their existing systems thanks to advanced technologies – and act in a resource-conscious manner at the same time ..read more

How do passengers and suitcases arrive at their destination together even when connecting times are short or flights are delayed? Thanks to efficient planning and the forecast of expected baggage flows airports better meet this challenge. Learn more about our advanced baggage management system ..read more

To optimally prepare an aircraft for its next journey, ground handling at airports coordinates numerous tasks. This includes the fast unloading of bags from unit load devices. Find out how automated processes increase baggage throughput and ensure optimal use of personnel resources ..read more

At airports worldwide, thousands of trays transport luggage through kilometers of systems. To ensure maximum availability and reliable operation, the baggage handling system must be optimally maintained. Find out how condition monitoring and predictive maintenance make a decisive contribution to this ..read more

Baggage handling system software and hardware have varying life cycles. While the mechanical systems run reliably for years older HLC software often reaches its limits because it can no longer be readily updated. Discover how to modernize your existing control software ..read more

Within baggage handling systems, ground handling is an area where processes are still largely carried out manually. Unloading baggage from flight containers, in particular, is an extremely physically demanding operation where automation can add great value - both to the workforce and to ground handling ..read more

To maximize efficiency of baggage handling systems at airports operators need high-performance software that controls and synchronizes individual elements. Often airports use older HLC (high-level control) software that doesn't have the necessary features. Learn more about the advantages of a modern BHS control software ..read more

Siemens Logistics has received an order to operate and maintain the baggage handling system at Palma de Mallorca Airport, Spain. The service contract covers the conveyor system, two tilt-tray sorters, 192 check-ins as well as several baggage reclaim carousels. Siemens will deploy proven corrective and preventive maintenance methods to maximize the availability of the belt conveyor ..read more

Siemens Logistics has tested the innovative VarioTip for the automated unloading of baggage from ULDs during live operation at Munich Airport, Germany. In late 2021, the technology was integrated as part of a pilot project into an existing baggage handling system in the Terminal 2 arrivals zone – where it achieved an extremely high automatic ULD unloading rate of around 99 percent ..read more

At the Passenger Terminal EXPO 2023, Siemens Logistics will be showcasing a wide-ranging portfolio of software, automation and service solutions for reliable baggage handling at airports. Trade visitors will be able to find out more about how they can make their systems – existing and new – even more efficient and more sustainable with Siemens technologies ..read more