Load a Bag to Aircraft at Origin (L)

Load a Bag to Aircraft at Origin (L)

Description

This use case illustrates messaging for a simple departure with held bag

Preconditions

Passenger and bag are checked in and bag has been tagged

Main Flow

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Message

Business meaning

BagRQ

Airline instructed handlers to anticipate a bag

BagRS

BHS acquired the bag

BagRS

BHS screened the bag

BagRS

BHS delivered the bag to Ground Handler

BagRS

Ground Handler packed the bag in ULD

ULD_RS

Ground Handler loaded the ULD in aircraft

BagRQ

Airline reported passenger as boarded which grants authorization to load for the bag

Exception:

BagRS

Ground Handler reported bag reconciles for departure with an incident (left behind)

Note: above flow is for illustration. Some steps in flow may skip messaging as parties often agree to only “report by exception”. Step 8 (negative acknowledgement on reconcile by handler) is an example of such exception as may be reported in RP1745 messaging

Post Conditions

Bag is authorized to be loaded and stowed in aircraft, ready for take-off

Data Elements

  • Bag Segment in BagRQ, BagRS identifies the bag (bag tag) and the segment for which bag sees transportation

  • ULD Allocation in BagRS, ULD_RS identifies the ULD in which bag is packed for transport