Check in
Every passenger’s first
physical contact – after
entering the terminal - with
the aviation world is the
check-in. At this instant,
the first and often most
lasting impression is
created, which explains why
airlines and airports alike
make extensive efforts to
enhance the quality of the
check-in process.
Passengers appreciate
check-in counters which are
easy and quick to find and
where the queue and waiting
time is short. This makes
for pleased and relaxed
customers, who will actually
have the time and be in the
mood to shop at the airport,
have a drink or take a meal
before their flight.
Frequent travelers in
particular appreciate the
availability of self-service
options in order to cut the
queues. Our Wireless LAN
infrastructure supports
flexible positioning of such
kiosks, or the use of mobile
manned check-in points to
complement traditional
check-in during peak times.
To ensure such ease of
passenger processing
requires above all
sufficient capacity. But
even where capacity is
limited, intelligent
check-in counter allocation
systems,
Common Use Terminal Equipment
(CUTE) and self-service check-in kiosks (CUSS)
can speed up the check-in
process and help exploit the
existing capacity in an
optimum way.
With mobile devices becoming
smarter every day, we have
even created the possibility
to check-in while your
passenger is still in town
or on his way to the
airport. Mobile Check-In is
the most comfortable, quick
and easy way to check-in for
a flight even hours before
being at the airport.
Check-In is of course also
the point, where passengers
part from their bags and
leave them into the
trustworthy hands of the
airport and airline.
Preferably supported by a
Siemens Baggage Handling
System.
Our systems can be perfectly
adapted to meet the
customer's requirements.
They range from manually
operated equipment to
complex, semi-automated
systems equipped with the
latest weighing and material
handling technologies. For
modernization projects as
well as completely new
installations, our know-how
guarantees perfect
integration of the check-in
system solutions and the
links to security checks and
material flow.
Modern control systems help
to make airports more and
more flexible, multi-use
equipment is increasingly
common, and dedicated
solutions are largely a
thing of the past. Our
systems optimize the
material flow and link up
any check-in counter to any
sorting destination via the
material handling equipment
The CUTE system (Common Use
Terminal Equipment). This
system facilitates the
communication between the
counter and the airline
systems, where the luggage
identifier for each bag and
the BSM (Baggage Sortation
Message) for the Baggage
Handling Systems (BHS) at
all airports along the
passenger’s itinerary is
generated. The CUTE system
also prints the Bag Tag,
which is attached to the bag
and used at multiple points
in the subsequent journey of
each bag.
Future-oriented concepts
will even do without paper
tag. The tag is going to be
replaced by small radio
frequency chips for quicker
and more reliable
processing.
Siemens offers the technical
systems and infrastructure
to support a quick, friendly
and efficient check-in
process. From CUTE systems
and equipment to
self-service kiosks; from
information displays above
the counters and in the
lobby to communication
networks, and from baggage
belts to public address
systems.
System solutions to meet every requirement
Our
systems can be perfectly adapted to meet the
customer's requirements. They range from manually
operated equipment to complex, semi-automated
systems equipped with the latest weighing and
material handling technologies. For modernization
projects as well as completely new installations,
our know-how guarantees perfect integration of the
check-in system solutions and the links to security
checks and material flow.
Modern control systems help to make airports more
and more flexible, multi-use equipment is
increasingly common, and dedicated solutions are
largely a thing of the past. Our systems optimize
the material flow and link up any check-in counter
to any sorting destination via the material handling
equipment.
Check-in of passenger luggage is supported by the
check-in system, which in most cases today is a
CUTE
system (Common Use Terminal Equipment). This system
facilitates the communication between the counter
and the airline systems, where the luggage
identifier for each bag and the so-called BSM
(Baggage Sortation Message) for the Baggage Handling
Systems (BHS) at all airports along the passenger’s
itinerary is generated. The CUTE system also prints
the Bag Tag, which is attached to the bag and used
at multiple points in the subsequent journey of each
bag. Future-oriented concepts will even do without
paper tag. The tag is going to be replaced by small
radio frequency chips for quicker and more reliable
processing.
