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In order to improve the quality of services, AIR FRANCE invested in a world-unique, state-of-the-art centre for the automated processing of late bags.
Because of certain problems of the airline industry, some bags may be mishandled, mainly during transfers, and cannot be redirected on a same-day flight. To be able to process these particular cases as quickly as possible, AIR FRANCE wished to optimise the whole process to significantly improve their performance and the quality of information provided to passengers, while limiting the operating costs.
Alstef was in a good position to bring its expertise to Group 3S, a supplier of the logistics services at Paris CDG, who had been selected by Air France following an international call for tender.
The building and the equipment of this centre were designed to meet the standards of HEQ (High Environmental Quality), with particular attention given to minimise the energy consumptions of the automated equipment used in the process.
The baggage handling system has been designed taking in consideration two major steps: the fast pre-sorting of late bags that can be redirected immediately onto another flight; and the storage of remaining late bags in an automated storage area.
Thus all late bags on the platform are collected and conveyed in the fast pre-sorting area that can process up to 1,600 bags per hour.
he bags are immediately identified in this same area. The computer system designed by Alstef communicates with the Air France IT system to find the most appropriate flight. Approximately 13% of late bags can be immediately re-routed towards their final destination.
Late bags for which no immediate flight is available are transported in dollies towards the automated delivery centre located approximately 3km from the pre-sorting area.
The automated delivery centre can receive during peak periods up to 1,400 "standard" or "oversize" bags.
This centre includes a computer controlled manual storage area used as buffer, which can store up to 200 dollies. It can absorb the occasional peak flows.
A second area is dedicated to automated storage. It has a capacity of 1,050 standard bags per hour.
The automated storage area includes:
Alstef is responsible, for the next six years, for the operation and maintenance of all the mechanical and IT aspects of the management system in this centre that was commissioned in May 2012.
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