Sounds like a good excuse to begin charging for baggage delivery...
"...responsive to customer inquiries..."
- RWM
Roger James wrote:
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> Baggage system at Denver airport may be grounded
>
> DENVER, (Reuters) ? It was the butt of jokes by late night talk show hosts
> as it ripped up luggage during test runs and delayed the opening of
> Denver's new showcase airport by one year. And now the much-maligned $250
> million automated baggage system at Denver International Airport may be a
> candidate for the trash heap because the cost of running it may be too much
> for United Airlines, the Chicago-based carrier now in bankruptcy court.
> United's parent UAL Corp. is looking for ways everywhere to save money and
> has been in negotiations with Denver airport officials over the baggage
> system. "We're looking at all of our costs, including the baggage system,"
> Joe Hopkins, spokesman for United's parent UAL said Friday. But he declined
> to comment further, saying the airline was in talks with the airport.
> Airport spokesman Chuck Cannon also declined to comment because the
> negotiations were ongoing. The Rocky Mountain News reported that the
> airline, which controls about two-thirds of the airport's traffic, was also
> concerned about frequent problems that still plague the system, which costs
> about $59.2 million in annual airport fees. The automated baggage system
> was in the headlines before Denver International Airport opened in 1995
> because of test runs that ended up leaving suitcases in need of repair.