Paying For Efficiency Today’s airports are overcrowded. The queues are long, passengers don’t have time to spend it on the airport queuing, but security restrictions must be kept. Everyone would like to lower the high cost wherever it is possible. Such an area is the amount of costs generated by the baggage loss within air travel. Another factor is the delay of flights, which can be generated by passengers late at the boarding or even not appearing. The aircraft can only take off if all the checked-in baggage has its owner on board. If not, the baggage has to be offloaded. The costs generated by baggage loss are very high for both the airlines and airports. There’s also the time and expense of staffing, large customer-service departments to take complaints, process claims, track down and identify missing baggage, and deliver found bags to either the owner’s travel destination or home. Multiple deliveries are often made, as the bag arrives at the passenger’s destination after he or she has left for another destination or returned home. The International Air …show more content…
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