Airlines lose baggage - often
Last year 30 million checked bags were lost by the airlines - 200,000 permanently, says a report by SITA Inc., which provides technology solutions to the air transport industry.
No wonder people hate to check bags and often attempt and succeed in bringing an absurd amount of stuff on board. I try to never check anything, except on longer trips where I may have a lot of luggage. I accidentally had my laptop checked in an internal Russia flight last month and almost freaked out. Fortunately Russian airlines seem pretty decent, modulo safety issues (food's better too!)
SITA says it's getting worse, like airplane food. Delta even tried to feed me imitation velveeta, which itself is "imitation cheese food" or similar. It was disgusting!
Full article here. SITA does have a solution they are trying to sell.
No wonder people hate to check bags and often attempt and succeed in bringing an absurd amount of stuff on board. I try to never check anything, except on longer trips where I may have a lot of luggage. I accidentally had my laptop checked in an internal Russia flight last month and almost freaked out. Fortunately Russian airlines seem pretty decent, modulo safety issues (food's better too!)
SITA says it's getting worse, like airplane food. Delta even tried to feed me imitation velveeta, which itself is "imitation cheese food" or similar. It was disgusting!
Full article here. SITA does have a solution they are trying to sell.
posted by Ted Demopoulos at 9:03 AM
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