Remote Baggage Checks Coming to Airport March 28, 2005, 01:52 PM EST Email to a Friend Printer Friendly Version Following a nearly four-year interruption, travelers headed to McCarran International Airport will soon be able to resume checking baggage at off-site locations. The Clark County Aviation Department has worked the past 18 months to reinstitute remote baggage check-in. The option was halted after the terrorist hijackings of September eleventh, 2001. Thanks to new technologies, off-airport baggage checks will resume October first. Hotel-casinos initially expected to host the service include Wynn Las Vegas, The Venetian and one property owned by both MGM Mirage and Caesars Entertainment. In the first year, the service will be limited to customers of America West Airlines, Northwest Airlines and United Airlines' low-fare subsidiary, Ted. Together, those airlines combined to host 28 percent of McCarran's passengers last year. If the pending test is successful, remote baggage checks will later include more host hotels and airlines, including international carriers. Roger EWROPS