The SPEA SMART Airport Baggage Reconciliation System (SMART BRS) is a fully automated baggage management system that uses the latest technologies to ensure the continuous routing, tracking and complete reconciliation of baggage at Airports and guarantees that passengers and their luggage are on the same flights.

• Direct baggage from check-in counters to airplanes, between airplanes and from airplanes to baggage carousels.
• Monitor progress in the baggage loading/ un-loading process at aircraft.
• Determine the location of any bag at any time.
• Authorize rush bags based on flight status.
• Identify bags that need to be unloaded if a passenger did not board the flight.
• Provide baggage sorting systems with bag identification information.
  

• Improved control of baggage at the Airport.
• Reduces double handling and miss-sorts thereby reducing handling costs.
• Improved passenger services by reducing the risk of losing bags and passengers having to wait for their luggage.
• Improved security by making sure that passengers and their baggage travel together.
• Improved punctuality of flight departures.

The SPEA SMART Airport Baggage Reconciliation System (SMART BRS) is a fully automated baggage management system that uses the latest technologies to ensure the continuous routing, tracking and complete reconciliation of baggage at Airports. The Airport Departure Control System (SMART ADCS) issues the bag tags with bar codes at check-in. Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) workstations enable baggage handlers to scan the bar-coded tags and determine the current position of a particular bag in real-time.

The SMART BRS provides baggage sorting systems with the bag identification data required for baggage sorting to minimize miss-sorts. It tracks baggage from flight check-in/transfer to departure and monitors the loading/unloading of bags. This enables baggage handlers to identify potential problems and bottlenecks and take corrective actions as needed. It allows staff to validate bags and reprint damaged bag tags and print bag loading manifest at any time. The SMART BRS matches for each flight every bag that is checked in or in transit against boarded passengers and produces baggage reconciliation manifests that show any mismatches between passengers and luggage.

The SMART BRS also be used to:

• Monitor loading/unloading of bags into/from aircraft.
• Authorize rush bags based on flight status.
• Identify bags that need to be unloaded if a passenger did not board the flight.
• Generate bags lost or mishandled messages to the destination Airport and universal baggage tracking systems such as World Tracer, Bahamas, etc.
• Redirect bags that missed their flights, produce new tags and send messages to lost and found systems.
• Monitor and control Unit Load Devices (ULDs) and assign them and trolleys to a flight.
• Locate bags and equipment at any time.
• Validate bags and reprint damaged bag tags.
• Print bag loading manifest at any time.

The SMART BRS meets the needs of any modern Airport and reduces operating costs by streamlining the baggage handling process and optimizes the utilization of baggage handling resources. It reduces the number of bags that is directed incorrectly and reduces departure delays and baggage claims from Airlines.

• Utilizes robust wireless/mobile barcode scanners and reliable PC client network.
• Generates and delivers specific International Airport Transport Association (IATA) BUM, BCM, and BSM bag messages.
• Follows International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 17 and is fully compliant with International Airport Transport Association (IATA) recommended Practice N.1745.
• Integrates with high tech security devices to verify whether detection systems or other x-ray equipment have screened the bags.
• Full seamless integration with all SMART Systems.
• Robust, reliable and scalable system.
• Supports concurrent users and is accessible from any authorized workstation.
• User-friendly and highly configurable Windows browser based Graphical User Interface (GUI).