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A ground staff member arranges luggage trolleys at the Emirates terminal at Dubai International Airport, January 7, 2013. With the opening of a huge new airport terminal in Dubai this week, the wealthy emirate's economic future became more closely intertwined with the world's biggest passenger jet. Emirates, Dubai's state-owned flagship airline, began flying from the world's first airport terminal that was purpose-built to handle Airbus A380 superjumbos. The 528,000 square metre terminal cost over $3 billion to build and has 20 gates with double-decker bridges to move passengers on and off the twin-deck A380s. Picture taken January 7, 2013. To match story EMIRATES-AIRPORT/SUPERJUMBOS REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS) - RTR3C8RO
The chances of baggage mishandling by Dubai-based Emirates is very minimal at 1.3 in 1,000 bags, the airline assured on Friday, as it announced that it has maintained an almost perfect 99.9 per cent success rate in baggage handling during the busiest travel months.
On an average, 2.7 million bags were moved monthly from September 2023 to January 2024 from DXB to 140 global destinations.
“Emirates has an excellent statistical record for baggage handling, where 99.9 per cent of all baggage coming from Dubai or transferring through reaches its owner on time, at the correct destination,” the airline said.
“On the rare occasion that baggage is delayed, an array of varying scenarios might have occurred, Emirates added, noting: “Sometimes baggage tags containing essential information are accidentally torn off, or occasionally a bag could fall off the underground baggage belt as its rounds a corner at a fast pace – which is captured on camera and can be rectified immediately.
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