Feasibiility for in town/remote check in for Australian Domestic and International services

[Quickstatus]

floppy disks??

The B747 /767 and a320/330 uses/used floppy disks

 

[serfty]

When Tulla first opened, both Ansett and TAA had in town check in. They were adjacent to each other in A'Beckett Street. Check your bags, get on a bus and off you'd go. Had to do your own bags inbound, but the bus would take you back.

In 1977 I paid $20(!) to use the service.

 

[elanshin]

The intown checkin at Hong Kong is great...last year we arrived from Guangzhou by train. Checked in our bags at Central, wandered around HK with only our carryon, then took the train to the airport for our evening flight

Depending on the airline and itinerary, i think you can even check in at GZ and ferry to sky pier. That said i don't think you can easily go landside HK doing this though.

 

[Rangalad]

When Tulla first opened, both Ansett and TAA had in town check in. They were adjacent to each other in A'Beckett Street. Check your bags, get on a bus and off you'd go. (Had to do your own bags inbound.)

In 1977 I paid $20(!) to use the service.

Late 80s, Qantas had in town check in at the Hyatt on Collins Melbourne and The Regent Hotel (now Four Seasons) Sydney.

 

[Virgin Bart]

The real problem with Australia is not our ability to do these things. It's the cost. This is a relatively labour intensive process. Our wages would mean such a service would cost a fair bit - then no one would use it etc.

Bingo.

 

[Cloud9]

They invented the Electronic TV, Walkman, lithium battery, blue LED. Sega, Nintendo, Sony
But they can't do online Tak-U-Bin or Shinkansen bookings.

Still on paper train tickets
But hey the train turn up when they are supposed to and a Passport arrives

That's maybe the much more important point.

Unlike us, they work.

 

[Seat0B]

In 1977 I paid $20(!) to use the service.

Wow that was quite expensive back then.

 

[serfty]

Wow that was quite expensive back then.

Yes, same price as two cases of beer off pallat at the nearby Victoria market

It was the heady days of the two airline system.

You had already sold one kidney to fly; what's another finger.

 

[Forg]

That's maybe the much more important point.

Unlike us, they work.

They do 1.5x as much work & take 3x as long to do it …


The fact that every airline does online check-in means that in-town check-in would have to be viable & surely can’t cost that much. You’d have thought an airline could do a deal with large hotel chains which almost always have staff at reception & always have a PC in front of them.
What does an Uber delivery cost - that looks to be the sticking-point?
The only gap for which there’s currently no infrastructure is a way for the Uber to drop bags at the airport, innit?

 

[Warragul]

I imagine there would be additional additional security measures required for the time between dropping your bag off and it be being screened - eg tamper proof containers. monitored transport and probably staff vetting. Not insurmountable, but more cost and complexity (for the airline).