Dozens of Edinburgh Airport passengers have been pictured waiting outside during extreme temperatures in order to claim their lost luggage from aviation service Swissport.
After being overrun by a backlog of late arriving or unclaimed luggage, some passengers chose to abandon their cases instead of putting up with the delay, leading Swissport to open a temporary storage facility near the airport for people to claim their cases. The aviation service handles the baggage for airlines such as Jet2, Ryanair and TUI with hundreds of passengers impacted by the backlog of luggage.
During the heatwave that Edinburgh and the rest of the UK experienced on Monday and Tuesday, July 18 and 19, an outdoor baggage facility was opened. Pictures from the area show dozens of people gathering in an attempt to reclaim their lost luggage, a situation that Edinburgh Airport have stressed is not their responsibility.
