OREANDA-NEWS. January 24, 2011. In 2011 airport Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo) starts improving the baggage handling system and passenger’s register system at the domestic terminal.

“On average the increase of passenger flow makes up 25 % nowadays and in 2010 the airport Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo) served 2,26 million passengers, - noticed the general director Alexander Borodin. – That’s why at the beginning of the year we start by stages realizing a wide range of projects, permitting to speed up the time of the passengers service.”

The realizing of this project means the increase of the registration desks number till 18 units at the Terminal “A”, as well as the implantation of the modern baggage handling.

System produced by SRK Baggage Handling Systems GmbH, which will allow improving the quality service of passengers and increasing the handled baggage volume at the domestic terminal.

Baggage handling system includes the working places for the registration staff dealing with passengers, the conveyer belt, the inspection system and the baggage collating system.

The leading companies producing special equipment were attracted to improve the baggage-handling system at the airport Novosibirsk. The investment volume planned in the budget of JSC “Airport Tolmachevo” will amount to 1 million Euros.

Introduction of this baggage-handling system will be implanted by several stages to synchronize the using of new equipment according to existing procedures of passengers registration in different air companies and carriage services. The input of this system is supposed to be accomplished to the beginning of holidays season, when the passenger flow reaches its peak point.