How a technology decition in how Avinor handles luggage for air travelers delivers benefits to airlines, passengers and airports. And is central when planning check-in areas at our new terminals.
From a talk at Passenger Terminal Expo 2014 in Barcelona
3. SELF SERVICE BAG DROP IN AVINOR -
SINCE 2008!
• 2008: SBD installed at
Tromsø airport (TOS)
• biometric
• 2013: 5 million bags
processed by SBD
Morten
Asbjørnsen,
SBD-
pioneer in
Avinor
4. 2014: UNIFIED BUSINESS MODEL FOR COMMON USE
Strong incentives for self-service automation in Norway:
• Very high labor cost
• Technologically adept travelers
• Culture for «Self-Service»
Common Use in Avinor
CUSS
QUICK
TAG
SBG SBD CUPPS
Other
services
5. WHY COMMON USE BAG DROP?
From goals of the COMMON USE business model:
“Improve the passenger experience”
• Less waiting time to deliver bags
• Reduced process time
• Increased sense of control
“More efficient Check-In areas”
“Support OFF AIRPORT-processes [incl.] home printed bag
tags”
6. CHALLENGING GROWTH –
FROM 46 TO 70 MILLION PASSENGERS
Avinor – passengers 1981–2028*
* 1981–2012: Official numbers
* 2013–2028: Prognosis
-
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
Mill.
7. HIGH LEVEL TECHNICAL DESIGN
BAGS – our proprietary middle ware
• Generic interface to the DCS’s – XML (IATA)
• Independent of baggage handling system
Bergen
Trondheim
Stavanger BAGS-2.0
Fuse ESB
BAGS DB
(rules)
Airline 1 DCS
Airline 2 DCS
XML
10. BERGEN AIRPORT
- 6 COMMON USE SBDs REPLACED 3 MANNED COUNTERS
«Without self-service common use bag drop, we would not be able to handle
our current passenger volume»
20. STEADY INCREASE IN USE - OSL
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
300000
May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Total
Total
21. FREE BAG BELT SLOTS – A NEW CONSTRAINT
Peak hour
BHS
Peak hour
BHS
22. Causes of rejection:
• Wrong dimensions or weight
• 50 % of rejects
• DCS - flight closed, destination not supported etc.
• 42 % of rejects
million
bags in
2013
>88%Success
rate
3.1mill. bags
since May
2012 OSL
27. WHAT’S NEXT?
• NEW TERMINALS
• MORE AIRLINES
• CHARTER FLIGHTS (TOUR
OPERATORS)
• COMMON USE SYNERGIES
• MORE AIRPORTS
• SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED
28. LESSONS LEARNED
You still need manually assisted bag drop
Two step approach Make it easy to use
Log & learn Share statisticsCollaborate
Use floorwalkers
29. THANK YOU!
Jens Andreas Huseby
Senior IT Consultant
Avinor
jens.andreas.huseby@avinor.no
Yngvar Sundsfjord
Chief Project Manager
COWI
ynsu@cowi.no
Editor's Notes
2,8 % annualpassengergrowthRemember:CHALLENGE:Veryhighbuilding and constructioncostVeryhighlaborcost