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From page 16... ... The visits were critical to understand local characteristics that support or discourage an elimination or reduction in baggage recheck, to discuss alternative procedures, and to gather the input of stakeholders on site. Case Study 1: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Current Processes Based on the scope of work, the study team evaluated the four different types of flows -- international arrivals, connections to other flights, and precleared passengers and bags -- to validate existing processes. Read the entire page →
From page 17... ... Airport Case Studies 17 Figure 5. DFW international terminating passenger and bag flow. Read the entire page →
From page 18... ... To get to their departure gate, typically in another terminal, passengers proceed up two levels to the Skylink airside people mover. Bags are unloaded from aircraft and transported up to the baggage claim carousels for passenger pickup. Read the entire page →
From page 19... ... Airport Case Studies 19 Figure 6. DFW international-to-domestic passenger and bag flow. Read the entire page →
From page 20... ... 20 Elimination or Reduction of Baggage Recheck for Arriving International Passengers Figure 7. DFW international-to-international passenger and bag flow. Read the entire page →
From page 21... ... Schedule fidelity is also improved with the elimination of baggage recheck through the reduction of both process steps and time. Whereas bags that proceed up to the baggage claim area are retrieved and dropped off by passengers, bags that are directly re-inducted into the baggage handling system at ramp level are made more quickly available for baggage make-up and aircraft loading. Read the entire page →
From page 22... ... No significant cost savings to TSA are foreseen by eliminating baggage recheck. Case Study 2: Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Current Processes The following describes the current processes through Concourse E at ATL for four different flows. Read the entire page →
From page 23... ... International-to-International Connections Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport has eliminated baggage recheck for international-to-international connections. For a number of flight routings (e.g., Africa–ATL–South America) Read the entire page →
From page 24... ... 24 Elimination or Reduction of Baggage Recheck for Arriving International Passengers Figure 8. ATL international arrivals passenger and bag flow. Read the entire page →
From page 25... ... Airport Case Studies 25 Figure 9. ATL international-to-domestic passenger and bag flow. Read the entire page →
From page 26... ... 26 Elimination or Reduction of Baggage Recheck for Arriving International Passengers Figure 10. ATL international-to-international passenger and bag flow. Read the entire page →
From page 27... ... Airport One of the chief customer service complaints about Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the baggage recheck process for terminating passengers. While the new Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. Read the entire page →
From page 28... ... Transportation Security Administration There was no direct comment from TSA on baggage recheck elimination. However, at an operational level, the study team identified potential issues at a number of flows/cross-flows, as well as space associated with queuing for TSA processes. Read the entire page →
From page 29... ... Airport Case Studies 29 Figure 11. SFO international terminating passenger and bag flow. Read the entire page →
From page 30... ... 30 Elimination or Reduction of Baggage Recheck for Arriving International Passengers Figure 12. SFO international-to-domestic connections passenger and bag flow. Read the entire page →
From page 31... ... Relevance of Eliminating Baggage Recheck Each stakeholder consulted at SFO was asked a series of questions with regard to the relevance of eliminating baggage recheck for international connections. The discussions centered on the operational impact, cost, timing, and benefits of eliminating/reducing baggage recheck. Read the entire page →
From page 32... ... 32 Elimination or Reduction of Baggage Recheck for Arriving International Passengers Figure 13. SFO international-to-international connections passenger and bag flow. Read the entire page →
From page 33... ... For the betterment of the airport, reducing or eliminating the need for baggage recheck would have universal air carrier participation due to the volume of connecting non–United Airlines passengers (e.g., Virgin Atlantic, British Airways) Read the entire page →
From page 34... ... Some of the benefits cited include alleviating congestion in the baggage claim carousel area while also freeing up capacity on the carousel, acting as a potential step to eliminate need for bags in the FIS area for destination passengers, helping improve minimum connection times, and reducing bag handling and potential issues. Read the entire page →
From page 35... ... Airport Case Studies 35 Figure 14. SEA terminating passenger and bag flow. Read the entire page →
From page 36... ... 36 Elimination or Reduction of Baggage Recheck for Arriving International Passengers Figure 15. SEA connecting passenger and bag flow. Read the entire page →

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... The visits were critical to understand local characteristics that support or discourage an elimination or reduction in baggage recheck, to discuss alternative procedures, and to gather the input of stakeholders on site. Case Study 1: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Current Processes Based on the scope of work, the study team evaluated the four different types of flows -- international arrivals, connections to other flights, and precleared passengers and bags -- to validate existing processes.