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Last month, we attended the Asia Pacific Rail Conference and Exhibition at BITEC (Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre) in Bangkok, Thailand. As a company specializing in airlines and airports, it was insightful to hear about the challenges facing the rail industry. Topics like introducing e-tickets, seamless intermodal transport and integrating modern booking platforms with legacy inventory systems really resonated with us, we’ve been there and done that. 

bagchain specialises in making the integration of different transport modes, like rail and air, seamless. Additionally, we can help modernize legacy booking systems by making them accessible through APIs.

We would like to thank everyone who visited our stand, we have gained many new contacts and hope to expand these contacts in the coming period.

In addition to serving airports and airlines, bagchain also extend its services to the railway sector. This year, we will be showcasing our offerings at the Asia Pacific Rail, a key event for innovation in rail transport. Join us at the BITEC in Bangkok, Thailand, May 28-29 where you can find us at stand SP 31. Discover more about the seamless baggage integration between airlines and train operators. We look forward to seeing you there!

Every year, bagchain attends the Passenger Terminal Expo, and last month was no exception. This year, the event took place at the IFEMA in Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸 . As always, the logistics present a challenge, and of course, keeping costs in check is a top priority for us. 

So, we decided to load our entire stand into the bagvan and drive ourselves to Madrid 1761 km (1094 miles) one way, from our office at Schiphol to the IFEMA in Madrid. We split the journey into two days, making a stop halfway in Poitiers, France, to rest for the night. Despite the usual traffic jams, the drive was pleasant with some beautiful views along the way. 😎

Once at the PTE, it was as busy as ever, with a steady flow of visitors to our stand. We were thrilled by the great interest in our battery-powered mobile kiosks, especially with the major events scheduled for 2026.

A big thank you to everyone who stopped by! We apologize if we didn’t have the chance to speak with you personally due to the crowds. 🤗

Spoiler alert: Today is King’s Day, our Dutch 🇳🇱 national holiday! We officially celebrate the King’s birthday on April 27th, but when it falls on a Sunday, like this year, we observe King’s Day a day earlier—which is today, April 26th, is the day! The dress code? Orange, of course 😉. As bagchain is a Dutch company with orange as our brand color, we proudly wear it every day. Happy Birthday to our King, Willem-Alexander 👑!

Hola Madrid, next week April 8-10 we will be exhibiting at the Passenger Terminal Expo in the IFEMA in Madrid, Spain. You can find us in Hall 10 stand 1543. Check-out our mobile baggage check-in kiosks. And we have some new exciting products coming this spring. Nos vemos pronto, see you in Madrid.

From February 4-11, bagchain participated in an Off-Airport Check-in Trial at Nobiribetsu 登別市 station for Japan Airlines passengers flying from New Chitose Airport 新千歳空港 (CTS) in Hokkaido, Japan. In collaboration with FCL Components, we installed a mobile bagchain tag kiosk with a platform scale. Passengers could conveniently check in their baggage at Nobiribetsu station, which was then checked-in, tagged and sent to the final destination.

Remote baggage check-in pilots are becoming more common, helping airports manage peak check-in times and enhancing customer experience.

Special thanks to Japan Airlines, ARTA, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

At bagchain the time flies when you are busy and having fun. We never have a dull moment. So it is difficult to summarise everything we have done in 2024. Some highlights sure, together with Brussels Airlines we checked in 7000+ bags at Tomorrowland. We installed our first mobile kiosks at FraPort Ljubljana. And we started a pilot with our mobile kiosks at Chicago O’Hare International Airport for Air France and KLM. We wish you all a happy, healthy and successful 2025.

In September Air France & KLM started a pilot using our mobile bagchain tag kiosks at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Strategically positioned at the check-in lobby, passengers of Air France, KLM and Delta codeshare flights can check-in their baggage and obtain a baggage label at one of our mobile kiosks. Simple, fast and convenient. Agents can also use the mobile kiosks to check-in (oversized) hand luggage. Optimising the check-in flow, the mobile kiosks contribute to a smoother baggage check-in process and better customer experience.  

Next week October 8-10, the World Aviation Festival is in our “backyard” at the RAI Convention & Exhibition Center conveniently located just a few miles from the airport and our office 😊. If you are visiting do stop by our orange booth in Hall 5 stand 135. See for yourself why more and more airports and airlines are implementing our mobile kiosks. And also check out our super cool mobile app with all the kiosk functionality connected to a mobile printer. See you next week, or in Dutch tot volgende week!

For the 12^th time Brussels Airlines connects the world to Tomorrowland. 

Tens of thousands of festivalgoers were flown to this large scale annual electronic dance music festival, held in the city of Boom near Antwerp in Belgium. 

As an extra service Brussels Airlines offers passengers traveling with baggage to check-in their baggage at the special Brussels Airlines Service Desk at Tomorrowland after their festival.

This year bagchain supplied Brussels Airlines the mobile bagchain tag kiosks & app solution. Baggage but also odd size baggage such as tents were checked-in using the proven bagchain solution. Simple, fast, and convenient baggage check-in. 

Again, the bagchain flexibility is proven with deployment of the mobile kiosks practically anywhere, also at large scale events. Charged overnight the mobile kiosks run an entire day on one single charge.