ISO/DIS 12604-2

Aircraft ground handling — Checked baggage — Part 2: Handling requirements and guidelines

Scope

This document specifies the requirements of baggage handling for individual pieces of baggage checked-in by airline passengers at airports to be carried into aircraft cargo holds.
This document applies to all manual handling workplaces in the processing chain for sorting, safety handling and routing of the baggage (containers and bulk baggage, departure and arrival circuits, at terminal and at aircraft, excluding passenger check-in process).
This document does not specify the baggage handling systems in and out of airport terminals, except the baggage weights and dimensions to be handled, and the critical characteristics of manual workstations.
This document does not specify the aircraft loading system.