Dubai Airports has banned the use of polythene waived baggage popularly known as “Ghana must go” in Nigeria by air travellers into the airports.
The statement by the company said effective March 8, 2017, the new rule will see bags without flat surfaces rejected at the point of check-in.
The new rule states that: No round bags, No bags without flats surface, No irregular shaped bags, No oversized bags and bags that do not meet the criterion will have to be repacked in boxes for a fee.
It said that all airlines operating into Dubai have been notified of the imminent new rule and have been advised to comply it.
According to khaleejtimes.com “Dubai International provides some of the most sophisticated baggage systems in the world,” said Ali Angizeh, Vice President of Terminal Operations at Dubai International. “However, even the most technologically advanced systems can be disrupted by irregular shaped or oversized bags. Bags that are round or do not have a flat surface of any kind are by far the largest source of baggage jams. These jams can shut down sections of our system, delay baggage delivery to the aircraft and inconvenience our customers.”
“Passengers, who show up at the airport with non-compliant baggage, will also be given the option to have it repacked in boxes for a fee.”
Stretching 140 kilometres and covering a surface area of 75 football fields, DXB’s baggage handling system is among the largest in the world. It has 15,000 trays and is powered by 21,000 motors. DXB handled approximately 9.3 million bags in January this year. A bag spends an average of 29 minutes in the baggage system at DXB.
