ALSTEF is currently increasing the baggage sorting capacity at Istanbul Atatürk with the addition of 64 new automatic sortation chutes.
ALSTEF has been TAV’s partner at Istanbul Atatürk since 1998, when the first order for baggage handling equipment was placed for the international terminal.
During this period, the number of check-in counters supplied by ALSTEF has grown from 164 in 2000 to 314 in 2006. Sorting capacity has also been increased with a second sorter and a new sortation system for the domestic terminal.
Istanbul Atatürk is the hub for Turkish Airlines and in 2009 its network of connecting flights required an extension of the airport’s handling facilities for baggage in transit. This included a new and innovative labelling system providing replacements for those bags with unreadable labels. TAV recently asked ALSTEF to add a further extension to the baggage handling system, which is due for completion in record time (under six months).
The increase in sorting capacity will require 64 new automatic sortation chutes, which will bring the total to 196. The SCADA system and the SAC installed in 1999 will be replaced by BAGWARE, the new software package developed by ALSTEF.
