Alstef Group to upgrade arrival carousels at four Mexican Airports operated by GAP

Alstef Group is beginning work to upgrade the inbound baggage systems at four different airports in Mexico operated by Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacífico, SAB de CV or “GAP”.

Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport in Puerto Vallarta, a resort town on Mexico’s Pacific coast known for its beaches, water sports and nightlife, will be upgraded with eight new reclaim arrivals carousels. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport in Mexico’s second-largest city, Guadalajara will receive one new reclaim carousel. General Ignacio L. Pesqueira International Airport located in Hermosillo, the center of the north-western Mexican state of Sonora will receive two new reclaim carousels, and Los Cabos International Airport, the sixth-busiest airport in Mexico serving San José del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas, will receive four new reclaim carousels.

The projects include decommissioning and removing the existing carousels and will be phased to ensure the most negligible impact on airport operations.

“We are excited to work alongside GAP as we expand our presence in the Mexican market” states Philippe Hamon, Sales Director Airport Solutions. “We are presently installing the baggage system at the new Felipe Ángeles International Airport in Mexico City and upon completion of this project, we will have a locally-based, highly trained team to support the baggage system and to assist operators of other Mexican airports such as GAP with baggage system upgrades and maintenance works”.

The new Felipe Ángeles International Airport will be equipped with 120 check-ins including 20 self-service bag drops, two primary tilt-tray sorters for distribution to the six Standard 3 EDS units, four transfer lines, two secondary tilt-tray sorters for sortation to the 12 make-up carousels and early bag store, and seven reclaim lines subsystems with double fed carousels, the completed system will facilitate the processing of up to 22 million passengers per annum.

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Alstef Group designs, integrates and supports automated turnkey solutions for the airport, intralogistics and parcel markets. Its mission is to create intelligent solutions that not only meet the needs of its customers, but also provide them with the long-term benefits of a tailor-made automated system that is efficient, scalable and innovative.

Across more than 10 countries and with installed systems on all five continents, Alstef Group has around than 800 employees within its three business units: Alstef Automation, BA Systèmes and Glidepath. The group generated revenue of €140 million in 2020.