NOVEMBER
22,
2004
VOLUME
1,
NUMBER
1
Ben
Gurion
Airport
Terminal
3
Takes
Off
On
the
morning
of
Tuesday,
2nd
November
2004,
the
first
flight
took
off
from
the
new
Terminal
3
at
Ben
Gurion
International
Airport
.
Baggage
on
that
inaugural
flight
was
transported
by
a
state
-
of
-
the
-
art
baggage
handling
system,
through
conveying
systems
developed
and
installed
by
SpaceLogic
and
its
partner,
FKI
Logistex
(Crisplant
a/s),
controlled
by
SpaceLogic’s
proprietary
software
BHLogic
.
Among
key
factors
behind
the
promised
efficiency
of
the
new
Ben
Gurion
terminal
is
a
leading
edge
Baggage
Handling
System
--
ensuring
rapid
and
reliable
baggage
handling
24
hours
a
day,
365
days
a
year
.
Passengers
and
their
baggage
are
separated
at
Check
-
In
where
bags
are
tagged
with
a
10
-
digit
IATA
bar
code
.
At
Terminal
3,
bags
are
conveyed
by
4
intricate
lines
of
spiral
conveyors
down
4
floors
(approximately
25m)
within
the
building
to
the
basement,
where
they
enter
a
presorting
area
consisting
of
2
double
-
tiered
tilt
tray
sorters
.
This
presorting
area
is
designed
as
an
infrastructure
for
a
future
Hold
Baggage
Screening
system
(HBS)
.
Bags
are
then
conveyed
some
500m
to
final
sortation,
adjacent
to
the
aircraft
parking
positions,
where
2
additional
sorters
sort
to
some
80
destination
chutes
Fully
automated,
the
system
was
designed
to
be
flexible,
simple
to
operate
and
easy
to
maintain
.
The
baggage
handling
system
uses
tracking
and
automatic
barcode
scanning
technologies,
and
incorporates
the
latest
transport
conveyor
system
designs
.
Within
this
project,
SpaceLogic
has
also
provided
the
infrastructure
for
the
Hold
Baggage
Screening
(HBS)
system
.
Ben
Gurion
Airport
is
renowned
for
its
superior
security
requirements
and
the
SpaceLogic
security
screening
systems
meet
these
demands,
as
they
are
the
most
advanced
of
their
kind
.
Our
first
e
-
zine
allows
me
the
opportunity
to
mention
the
exciting
events
that
we
have
been
involved
in
over
the
past
few
months
.
First
and
foremost,
the
opening
of
the
new
Ben
Gurion
Airport
Terminal
3
in
Tel
Aviv
took
place
this
month
.
I’d
also
like
to
introduce
our
new
BIRD
partner,
ARINC,
as
well
as
to
introduce
you
all
to
the
newest
members
of
our
team,
Avi
Elyakim
and
David
Schwartz
.
Avi
is
an
expert
in
Supply
Chain
Management
and
David’s
expertise
lies
in
contract
management
.
With
2004
drawing
to
a
close,
I’d
like
to
thank
our
customers,
suppliers,
partners
and
friends
for
your
support
over
the
past
year
.
As
always,
we
have
enjoyed
close
working
relationships
and
this
year
has
been
no
different
.
Wishing
you
all
Happy
Hanukkah,
Merry
Christmas
and
a
Happy
New
Year
.
Regards,
Gary
Koren,
CEO
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This
Space
The
joint
FKI
Logistex
&
SpaceLogic
notice
above
recently
appeared
in
the
local
Israeli
press
.
