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Some are calling it the summer of lost luggage with daily stories 

of baggage claims swelling as suitcases get caught in a conveyor belt-shaped vortex that only seems to grow.

Many families are taking their first vacations in three years this summer due to the pandemic, during which time airlines and airports undertook drastic cost-cutting as demand fell. 

 

As passengers return, the amount of luggage being lost by airlines is surging. In April, almost six bags per 1,000 pieces of luggage checked in by passengers were at least temporarily lost by US airlines.

It marked a 67% rise on the same month of 2021 after almost 30,000 flights in, out and within the US were also canceled this summer. The rate of baggage mishandled across the world is also on the rise: up 24% last year, with 8.7 suitcases per 1,000 international passengers not arriving on time.

 

Claims for stranded luggage have jumped 30% on 2019, according to insurer Mapfre SA, and amid high rates of delayed arrivals certain airports are reportedly seeing a tenfold increase in the amount of luggage arriving on the wrong flights. Elsewhere, some global luggage shipping services are claiming to have seen demand almost triple month-on-month as travelers opt not to check their bags.

Some are calling it the summer of lost luggage and there are daily stories of baggage claims swelling as suitcases get caught in a conveyor belt-shaped vortex that only seems to be widening.

 

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