Airport Baggage Handling Systems and Sorting

Key Facts:

• Integrated baggage handling system
• Designed to speed processing and improve operational efficiency
• Socially and environmentally responsible in sensitive rain forest location

BEUMER Latinoamericana Equipamentos Ltda. – part of BEUMER Group, a leading global supplier of automated baggage handling systems – announces the completion of the contract to design, manufacture and integrate a new energy-efficient, automated baggage-handling system at Tefé Airport, Brazil.
 
The city of Tefé, on the southern bank of Lake Tefé in the heart of the Amazon rain forest in northern Brazil, can only be accessed by plane (1h 10min) or boat (16h) from Manaus – the capital of the state of Amazonas.
 
Tefé Airport, administrated by Brazilian airport operator Infraero, which manages 60 airports across Brazil, is one of the main gateways to the interior of northern Brazil and plays an important role in development and commercial activity in Tefé as well as in the surrounding cities. It is likewise socially important, in that it serves as a base for transporting humanitarian missions from neighbouring countries. Currently the airport operates regular regional flights as well as military aircraft of the Brazilian Air Force, Army and Navy.
 
The new baggage handling system for the departures area is part of the modernisation and expansion of the airport terminal, which has been extended from 590m²  to 4,000m² The system integrates check-in scales and take-away conveyors with a complete baggage handling conveyor system. The new system is designed to shorten baggage processing times and help the airport improve its operational efficiency and deliver an enhanced passenger experience.
 
Due to the geographical location of the airport, Infraero takes the responsibility to increase the quality of life in the vicinity very seriously. To this end – and as expected from BEUMER Group equipment – the baggage handling system minimises energy consumption, operating and maintenance costs and environmental impact.
 
The contract underlines BEUMER Group’s strong foothold in the South American regional airport market. In addition to the Tefé Airport contract, BEUMER Latinoamericana Equipamentos Ltda is also installing baggage handling systems at Antofagasta Airport, Chile, and the Brazilian airports Araraquara, Franca and Cascavel.
 
Tefé Airport expects its new baggage handling system to be in operation in the spring of 2015.