Airlines are losing much more than our bags

According to an interesting Wall Street Journal article, airlines spend more than $3 billion annually to track, ship and reimburse passengers for lost bags. Roughly 1.4% of all checked bags were mishandled worldwide last year, costing a hefty $100 per bag on average, mostly because of missed connections. Not under the airlines’ control, but certainly painful to their bottom line.

One of the biggest causes is the lack of interoperability between the airport and the airline’s computer systems. They cannot properly communicate or track data on the location of planes and bags.

But not for long. Loaders and sorters at airports in Europe and Las Vegas are using bar code scanners and logistics software to provide a constant flow of information that lets airlines locate almost any bag within seconds.

Click here to learn more about bar code scanners and mobility solutions or check out the full article from the Wall Street Journal online.