{"id":251366,"date":"2025-05-16T05:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?p=251366"},"modified":"2025-05-16T05:57:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T22:57:47","slug":"emirates-posts-busiest-year-for-baggage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2025\/05\/emirates-posts-busiest-year-for-baggage\/","title":{"rendered":"Emirates posts busiest year for baggage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DUBAI, 16 MAY 2025: With global travel at an all-time high, Emirates has confirmed its busiest year for baggage handling yet. Between April 2024 and March 2025, Emirates handled more than 2.8 million bags each month, averaging 100,000 per day, from Dubai to 140 global destinations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These figures mark a 3.7% increase in total bags from last year. Despite its complex operation, Emirates has maintained a 99.9% baggage handling success rate from its Dubai hub.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Emirates\u2019 excellent statistical record for baggage handling places it as the top performing airline worldwide. 99.9% of all baggage coming from Dubai or transferring through reaches its owner on time at the correct destination. Emirates \u2018baggage mishandling rate, which can be defined as \u2018delayed, lost or misplaced baggage,\u2019 is minimal at 1.4 in 1000 at the Dubai hub – almost 30 times lower than some other providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a global level, when Emirates customers’ bags are unavoidably delayed, 91% are reunited with their owners within 72 hours. Internationally, this rate is notable because Emirates mainly manages international baggage and international transfer baggage, so the luggage goes on long and complex journeys that require a significantly higher level of attention than domestic travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lost and found is another area where Emirates excels, with 94% of valuable items proactively recovered and returned to customers in Dubai within 60 minutes, thanks to a dedicated team. These items are found either on Emirates aircraft or at the Emirates hub in Dubai International (DXB) Terminal 3. They are marked as ‘valuable’ because they are essential items for Emirates customers’ travel experience \u2013 passports, wallets and phones.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Latest developments for Emirates Baggage Handling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2024, the airline introduced Emirates Bag Connect. This tool is available to customers on the Emirates app<\/a> and website and offers a comprehensive view of the baggage journey with timely baggage status tracking. An additional feature was also introduced to allow customers to track mishandled bag delivery, and this service is now available at 80 stations across the Emirates’ network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Emirates Dubai hub, from 2.8 million bags handled monthly, an average of 2300 bags are found without baggage tags. Emirates and dnata teams work together to track the owner proactively. An average of 80% of these bags are recovered and loaded onto the aircraft before the flight’s departure, ensuring no disruption to the customer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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