Airport World
The pandemic may have brought airports to a standstill, but beneath London Stansted’s terminal a £70m baggage system revamp has been driven to the finish line.
The project, which took four years to complete, is the largest upgrade to the airport’s baggage network since the terminal opened in 1991.
It involved replacing the ageing set-up of conveyor belts and chutes with 2.4km of track and 180 automated carts.
Designed by airport luggage experts, Beumer Group, the new low energy, fully automated system is faster and more efficient than the one it replaces.
