There are approximately 4,200 lost bags waiting to be reunited with their owns at Dublin Airport, an Oireachtas Committee has been told.
Representatives from daa, Aer Lingus, and baggage-handling companies Swissport and Sky Handling Partners (SHP) appeared before the Oireachtas Transport Committee on Tuesday morning. Sky Handling Partners are responsible for 2,897 of the bags, and managing director Darren Moloney told the Committee they can process approximately 350 bags per day but are receiving an additional 270 new bags arriving daily.
Meanwhile Aer Lingus has around 1,200 lost bags at the airport, with the ability to process 700 bags daily and around 450 new bags arriving each day, the committee heard. Tony Tully, ground handler Swissport's director of ground operations in the UK and Ireland, told the committee they had "less than 100" passengers waiting to receive their luggage from Dublin Airport. He said they expect the majority of these to be returned within a week.
