A new luggage drop has opened at Oslo Airport Gardermoen, and several airlines will move their check-in areas to make use of the new technology, state-owned airport operator Avinor has said in a press release.
“Now we are ready to open up to a larger number of flights every day, and from this week, we are entering a major ramp-up phase,” Hans Petter Stensjøen, an area manager at Oslo Gardermoen, said in a press release.
“Half of the departure hall at Oslo Airport has been blocked off with either test stations or construction walls for several years, and there are many people who have turned to go straight to check-in areas 1-4 in the west, and 10 all the way in the east. Now that a significant number of flights are being moved to the new facility, travellers will have to get used to checking the information boards to find their check-in area,” he added.
Over the next few weeks, SAS would begin moving its travellers over to the new 5-7 check-in area.
The new luggage system is one of the world’s most modern, Avinor has said. The traditional baggage belt has been dropped, and passengers will place their luggage in a box before scanning the luggage tag.
Throughout the autumn, several other airlines will also be moved to the new check-in area.
“There have, of course, been some teething problems, and it is precisely to weed out such errors that we are carrying out a gradual escalation in the use of the facility. The feedback from the travellers has also been very good, and the vast majority find this simple and user-friendly,” Stensjøen said.
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