Saturday, 11 September 2010

Hong Kong International Airport - 1 Baggage

Commenced service in 1997 July 1st, upon the closure of the city's Kai Tak International Airport, Chek Lap Kok International Airport served as the HKG IATA Code. It is the hub of 6 airlines, with Cathay Pacific and Dragonair as the main users of the north and south gates of this wonderful airport.

So the question comes.. what's in this airport, which is so far away from the city? Well, it's about experiences. From entering the airport, you will see a sculture of the oldest way where man fly. This also marked how the aviation industry kicked off then.

Descending from that is the check in, where the most innovative technology is installed. Imagine, 10 years ago and 10 years after, RFID is still something where other airports do not use and it's in Hong Kong where this technology is adopted to track our luggage. For those, interested in that, you may check your luggage tag and peek in that metal in between. Passengers can rest assure that their baggages are safely loaded onto the plane (but not sure if they get unloaded on the destination site :) you know what I mean, especially those who have travelled to Rome beforehand). Those who had experiences in waiting in long queues can rest assure that luggage can be handled very quickly with Online Check in procedures or using the Check in computers. Dropping the bags can be very easy proceeding from that point.

Another interesting view is to observe the 2-D barcodes in the Boarding Pass. Again, CX and KA offers one of the best technology to identify passengers and ensure that they are boarded properly at the gates. This will be elaborated at a later stage.
For now, let's just skip the airport and sit back, relax and enjoy the flight to a place where I always loved to go... Japan. First stop, Tokyo!


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