ANA is expecting the number of passengers at Lisbon’s airport to increase to 18 million per year by the year 2017. In order to cope with the associated surge in the amount of baggage, the existing baggage handling system is to be expanded. The expanded system is to be capable of sorting and transporting up to 8,400 baggage items per hour.

The project calls for the installation of 56 new check-in counters, five baggage reclaim carousels and two output units for oversized baggage. In addition, four transfer lines are to be installed, with a total system length of 8500 metres. 50 chutes, seven baggage carousels and one pre-sorting and two automatic distribution rings will be added to the existing system. The project includes all aspects of mechanical and electrical installation, provision of the Simatic control software and commissioning.

Siemens Mobility has successfully worked together with ANA over the past few years and, besides the existing system at Lisbon’s airport, has installed the baggage handling systems at Faro, Porto, Ponta Delgada, Madeira, Porto Santo and Santa Maria airports in Portugal.

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