Article: DIA plans new auto baggage system Conveyor belts to replace original, now-unused setup.(News)

Byline: Chris Walsh, Rocky Mountain News

Denver International Airport plans to install a new automated baggage system in coming years that will replace the original, now-defunct version that never worked as planned.

Plans call for a system that will route outbound and inbound luggage using conventional methods such as conveyor belts rather than largely untested technology.

Currently, airline workers manually load luggage onto carts that they then drive between the main terminal and the planes.

The $30 million system will connect the terminal to one of the concourses and could be up and running by late 2010 or early 2011, officials ...

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