London Gatwick Airport selects ICM Auto Bag Drop to Trial

By rainer | April 4, 2013 |

ICM Airport Technics has been selected by Gatwick Airport to trial self-service bag drops with British Airways. The Auto Bag Drop solution allows passengers to drop off their own bags without the assistance of an agent. The Auto Bag Drop unit will automatically check baggage weight and size allowances, print a heavy bag tag if…

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Heathrow unveils new technology to make journeys better

By rainer | November 1, 2012 |

Innovative check-in technology to streamline passenger journeys was unveiled last night by Heathrow and Qantas in a joint trial at Terminal 3. The ‘self-service bag drop’ process enables passengers to check in at the kiosk, generate and attach their own bag tags before placing their luggage onto the automated bag drop facility. Expected to be…

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Heathrow Airport live with ICM Auto Bag Drop

By rainer | November 1, 2012 |

Heathrow Airport launched the ICM Auto Bag Drop (ABD) into the live operational environment in Terminal 3. The first participating airline is Qantas Airways with British Airways scheduled to start live operations before the end of November 2012. For this live trial, a dual ABD has been installed, as can be seen below. Figure 1…

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ICM Auto Bag Drops installed at Qantas hit 10 million bags

By rainer | October 31, 2012 |

ICM delivered a successful roll-out of 80 Auto Bag Drop (ABD) systems for Qantas Airlines in six airports across Australia. The first of these units have been in operation since July 2010 and now more than 10 million bags have been successfully injected using the Auto Bag Drops.

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