Denver's New World Airport and Its Baggage
A new world airport and its baggage
Denver International Airport was a massive public works project that opened in 1995 without a functional automated baggage system. The airport's design, shaped by United Airlines' demands for 35-minute turnarounds, included an underground network of tunnels and a $84 million transit system. The baggage handling system, intended to move bags in under ten minutes, became a notorious failure, costing millions and delaying the airport's opening. This article explores the history and the baggage that came with it.
Travelers were promised that their bags would arrive at the claim before they did. As soon as these words were said it was known that achieving them would require an automated baggage handling system of unprecedented scale.