Copenhagen Airport to expand its baggage facilities
Staff Writer |
Longer baggage conveyors and more space for arriving passengers. That is the purpose of the new construction project Copenhagen Airport will put out to tender.
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Planning must start now if the facilities are to be ready in 2018. The daily flow of 30-35,000 inbound bags requires a well-functioning baggage reclaim area.
With the expected growth in the number of new routes and destinations over the next few years, the area needs continued improvement.
Copenhagen Airport has therefore taken the first step towards expanding the baggage reclaim facilities with longer baggage conveyors and more space for passengers.
“In recent years, we have seen quite significant growth in passenger numbers; in the first seven months of this year alone, the growth rate was in fact 10.7%.
“Although far more passengers today travel only with carry-on baggage, the overall volume of checked baggage has also grown somewhat. We have therefore started planning for an expansion of the baggage reclaim area,” said Copenhagen Airport COO Kristian Durhuus.
The airport’s passenger satisfaction surveys show that, although the airport is a busier place, the overall level of satisfaction with baggage delivery services has been retained at 86 on a scale to 100.
The plan is now to extend two of the eight baggage conveyors and concurrently create more space for passengers. That requires significant modifications. The airport will therefore put the contract for consulting services for the project out to EU tender.
The project will provide about 500 sqm of additional space for passengers – a total of 3,150 sqm around the new baggage conveyors 1 and 2. To this should be added extra space for the larger baggage conveyors, technical facilities and new access roads for the baggage staff. ■
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