the work of dealing with and sorting passengers' baggage at an airport
problems with slow baggage handling
The company runs baggage handling, catering and retail services at the airport.
Slow baggage handling has added to delays.
Examples of 'baggage handling' in a sentence
baggage handling
As one might have expected, it was the baggage handling that failed most completely.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We want to do away with costly check-in desks and baggage handling.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Heathrow's baggage handling capacity on a single day is 152,000 items.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I sidled over to my new 'friend' in baggage handling, who was sorting things out.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Tonight, the focus falls on junk mail, airport baggage-handling and the disappearance of the good old petrol-pump attendant.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I am all for airport security, but that security has to extend to baggage-handling, too.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It strikes me that there are some serious failings throughout the industry in baggage handling.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Its opening last week was marked by spectacular baggage-handling problems, demonstrations and the increasingly acrimonious row about the proposed further expansion of the airport.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
One ship will dock at a time, with a terminal building for baggage handling being built nearby, along with hundreds of new homes.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
On the international side, the situation is not so glossy although speedier immigration and baggage handling means passengers spend as little time there as possible.