Switzerland: Swiss flight to Bilbao lands without a single piece of luggage

In a recent incident, a Swiss flight to Bilbao landed without a single piece of passenger luggage on board. This is an isolated case, according to figures from ground handler Swissport, but it highlights the challenges that airports and airlines are facing as travel demand surges.

Swissport: Only 15 flights out of 62,000 took off without luggage in the current year

In the current year, around 62,000 flights had taken off by September 10th. “Of these, 15 planes took off without luggage, which corresponds to a percentage of 0.024 percent,” says spokeswoman Nathalie Berchtold to CH Media. In more than 99.9 percent of cases, the suitcases are transported. Swissport is responsible for all Swiss flights in Zurich.

28,600 pieces of luggage in one month did not reach their destination or did not reach their destination on time

But even on the remaining flights, not all suitcases are likely to be on board. Swissport cannot provide any figures on this. But the Swiss. In the high season from mid-July to mid-August, 97.8 percent of the total 1.3 million pieces of luggage were transported as planned, writes CH Media. 28,600 pieces of luggage did not reach their destination or did not reach their destination on time. This is due to bottlenecks in infrastructure and personnel.

Swissport bringing in reinforcements to improve luggage handling

Swissport now wants to make improvements and is also bringing in reinforcements from abroad. “We will receive staggered support from 15 specialists from Cyprus, Geneva and Basel at Zurich Airport in the coming weeks,” spokeswoman Berchtold told CH Media.