The high-stakes world of baggage handling systems, exposed

Publication: Emirates Projects (tpg.media)
Published: 2026
Subject: Andrei Iacobita, Managing Director at IESYS, on the engineering and security realities behind modern airport baggage handling systems

IESYS’s baggage handling expertise has now also been picked up by Emirates Projects, running the same bylined feature by Andrei Iacobita, Managing Director at IESYS, that appeared earlier in Saudi Projects. The piece breaks down why a single failure point in a baggage handling system (BHS) can bring an airport’s operations to a halt, and walks through why security isn’t layered on top of a BHS but built into its foundation — every system operates in restricted-access areas and has to meet standards like ECAC screening criteria and TSA certification, regardless of airport size.