HUNGARY. Excess Baggage Company has secured a breakthrough contract to provide baggage services at Budapest Airport. It is the company’s first concession in Central Europe.
Two units, in Terminals 2A and 2B, will offer services which include baggage wrapping and liability cover for baggage in transit.
Budapest Airport Chief Commercial Officer Kam Jandu said: “Budapest Airport is delighted to announce that Excess Baggage Company has successfully won the Baggage Wrapping and associated services tender from April 2018.
“The appetite, innovation, capability and overall commercial proposition ranked their bid as the best and we are pleased to be a part of their international expansion aspirations. Passengers will get to experience one of the broadest ranges of travel services from this new service provider and we have no doubt that their operations will be a huge success.”
Excess Baggage Company CEO David Elliott commented: “We are delighted to have a presence at Budapest Airport. As our first development in Central Europe in our 2018 plan for expansion, working with the busiest airport in Hungary, Budapest Airport is a step in the right direction. We are looking forward to providing the 13.1 million customers travelling through Budapest with baggage and travel solutions.”
Excess Baggage has operated across a range of European airport concourses since 1991. It has 60 operations at 30 different passenger terminals, including London’s Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton airports, plus sites in Madrid, Barcelona, Copenhagen and Dublin, and in Toronto, Canada. The company also operates multi-service units on rail station concourses in Spain and the UK.
Further outlets are planned across Europe for later this year, and the company will open three units at the new Abu Dhabi International Airport Midfield Terminal next year.
Besides selling luggage, the company offers bag wrapping, baggage storage, domestic and international baggage shipping and airport-city-airport bag delivery. Its diverse range of ancillary services includes airport and airline onboard lost and found, ‘post and fly’ confiscated items, monetised information desks, shop and collect services, SIM card sales and concierge services.
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