Where’s my luggage? Airlines lost 30 million bags last year

IF you’ve ever been frustrated after an airline lost your luggage, you’re in the company of millions of others - about 30 million in fact.

An estimated 30 million bags were temporarily lost by airlines in 2005, and 200,000 of those bags were never reunited with their owners, according to an industry report.

The report by SITA Inc, a company that provides technology solutions for the air transport industry, also noted that “the problem of mishandled baggage is worsening on both sides of the Atlantic”.