'It's a mess and I've never seen anything like it': Global lost luggage crisis escalates
When Jenn Choi packed her and her family's bags, she feared the worst. After hearing horror stories of permanently missing checked airline baggage, she bought tracking devices for her suitcases to ensure she wouldn't have to rely on an underfunded aviation industry. -critical workforce in the face of what could be its worst collapse in history.
And there you have it, the three bags containing the belongings of the self-help coach, her husband and their one-year-old child had remained almost 10,000 km (6,200 miles) in Germany when they arrived in Cancun, Mexico last week.
"Our bags still haven't been found and we'll be without them for at least a week," she said. "I feel like it's part of traveling these days because it's becoming so common. A lot of people here in Mexico are on vacation without their bags. It's a mess and I've never seen anything like it. tel."
Many families are taking their first vacation in three years this summer due to the pandemic, during which time airlines and airports have undertaken drastic reductions in costs as demand declined. As passengers return, the amount of baggage lost by airlines increases. In April, nearly six bags per 1,000 passenger checked bags were at least temporarily lost by US airlines.
It marked an increase of 67% compared to the same month of 2021 after nearly 30,000 flights to, from and within The rate of mishandled baggage worldwide is also up: +24% last year, with 8.7 bags per 1,000 international passengers.
When Jenn Choi packed her and her family's bags, she feared the worst. After hearing horror stories of permanently missing checked airline baggage, she bought tracking devices for her suitcases to ensure she wouldn't have to rely on an underfunded aviation industry. -critical workforce in the face of what could be its worst collapse in history.
And there you have it, the three bags containing the belongings of the self-help coach, her husband and their one-year-old child had remained almost 10,000 km (6,200 miles) in Germany when they arrived in Cancun, Mexico last week.
"Our bags still haven't been found and we'll be without them for at least a week," she said. "I feel like it's part of traveling these days because it's becoming so common. A lot of people here in Mexico are on vacation without their bags. It's a mess and I've never seen anything like it. tel."
Many families are taking their first vacation in three years this summer due to the pandemic, during which time airlines and airports have undertaken drastic reductions in costs as demand declined. As passengers return, the amount of baggage lost by airlines increases. In April, nearly six bags per 1,000 passenger checked bags were at least temporarily lost by US airlines.
It marked an increase of 67% compared to the same month of 2021 after nearly 30,000 flights to, from and within The rate of mishandled baggage worldwide is also up: +24% last year, with 8.7 bags per 1,000 international passengers.
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