Future air travel may mean you and your bag travel alone
One of the biggest things air travellers fear as they drag their suitcases through sprawling airports to check-ins, is that their bags won’t join them at the other end. Bags are mishandled at the rate of 40 per minute, worldwide. So imagine a day, when passengers are freed from that hassle. We’ll still have luggage, but the difference is we won’t be lugging it around ourselves. Susan Baer, an international aviation consultant, said she believes that day is not that far off. Baer sees someone, perhaps working for Uber or TaskRabbit, arriving at your home on the day you’re travelling. They take your bag to the airport, put it on a flight, or perhaps use FedEx or UPS to get it to your destination. The biggest challenge is whether regulators will be comfortable letting the bags leave our sides. <br/>
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Future air travel may mean you and your bag travel alone
One of the biggest things air travellers fear as they drag their suitcases through sprawling airports to check-ins, is that their bags won’t join them at the other end. Bags are mishandled at the rate of 40 per minute, worldwide. So imagine a day, when passengers are freed from that hassle. We’ll still have luggage, but the difference is we won’t be lugging it around ourselves. Susan Baer, an international aviation consultant, said she believes that day is not that far off. Baer sees someone, perhaps working for Uber or TaskRabbit, arriving at your home on the day you’re travelling. They take your bag to the airport, put it on a flight, or perhaps use FedEx or UPS to get it to your destination. The biggest challenge is whether regulators will be comfortable letting the bags leave our sides. <br/>
