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| Siemens to supply new baggage handling system at Los Angeles International Airport Southwest Airlines has chosen Siemens to install a new baggage handling system in Terminal 1 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The project covers layout, engineering, assembly, commissioning and integration of a completely new outbound baggage screening system and a new inbound baggage handling system. The extension and conversion work will be performed during ongoing operations with completion planned for summer 2017. The contract awarded to Siemens is part of a $508 million project to modernize LAX' Terminal 1, which was originally built in the early 1980s. The renovations of Southwest Airlines – the only carrier operating out of Terminal 1 – includes a relocated terminal entrance, a new security screening checkpoint, new and expanded dining and retail facilities, refurbished arrival and baggage claim areas, and even new passenger boarding bridges. All construction activities will be finished by 2018. Los Angeles International Airport is the sixth busiest airport in the world and third in the United States. In 2013, Southwest Airlines was the fourth busiest carrier at LAX based on passengers enplaned, serving more than 7.4 million passengers, or over 11 percent of the airport's total passenger volume. The airline serves more than 90 destinations and has a fleet of more than 700 aircraft. Siemens and Southwest Airlines have collaborated on several projects. One of the most recent projects Siemens completed for Southwest was the baggage handling system in Terminal 1 / Node 5A at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport, which went into operation in 2009. write your comments about the article :: © 2015 Construction News :: home page |