Unisys bags $25 million airports contract

Peter Dinham
Monday, 22 June 2009 08:11

Business IT - Technology

Unisys has inked a $25 million contract to continue providing a baggage reconciliation system for 44 international airlines operating from eight Australian international airports.

Under the five-year contract renewal, Unisys will again provide the baggage reconciliation system at the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Cairns, Perth, Adelaide, Darwin and Gold Coast airports, with management of the contract with Unisys by the Board of Airline Representatives (BARA) on behalf of the airlines.

BARA executive director, Warren Bennett, said today Unisys had worked with BARA since 2004 to provide the baggage reconciliation system that links passengers with their bags, tracking both as they move through the system.
 
Bennett says that each year airlines must secure and validate up to 20,000,000 bags for approximately 10,000,000 air travellers on international flights to or from Australia.

“The baggage reconciliation system helps airlines comply with the Aviation Security Act's "Triple A" (account and authorise) regulations relating to baggage handling, which is mandated by the Commonwealth Government’s Office of Transport Security.

“The Unisys baggage reconciliation system assists our member airlines to collectively meet compulsory security requirements for baggage handling.  What’s more, it does so via an efficient, standardised process to prevent delays to passenger processing or tight flight schedules – two things that we know are essential for air travel customer satisfaction.”

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