Materna Presents Self Bag Drop With Brand New Kiosk Payment at Passenger Terminal Expo 2015 in Paris

Materna Presents Self Bag Drop With Brand New Kiosk Payment at Passenger Terminal Expo 2015 in Paris

DORTMUND, Germany, February 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

    - Common-Use standard

    At this year's Passenger Terminal Expo (PTE) from 10 to 12 March in Paris aviation
specialist Materna will showcase self bag drop systems with a brand new kiosk payment
feature. Visitors at Passenger Terminal Expo will be able to see live demonstrations of
the latest Common-Use self bag drop version with different types of kiosks and scanning
modules at stand 3050.

    One of the most future-oriented topics for airlines and airports right now is
automated baggage drop-off. Materna has enhanced its aviation solutions and has now
integrated all the features a modern bag drop system needs in order to provide passengers
with the best possible service. Today, there is more and more demand to have a payment
function. If they have excess baggage, passengers need to pay an excess baggage fee
calculated according to specific airline rules. Materna has integrated a payment service
for this in its solution for airlines and airports. This means passengers are now able to
use credit cards to pay the excess baggage fee directly at the self bag drop kiosk or via
a mobile payment device handled by a floorwalker.

    Gatwick Airport is the first airport worldwide to introduce kiosk payment for self bag
drop systems so as to simplify baggage check-in for its customers. Materna recently has
been awarded the contract for this and will install 50 systems at Gatwick Airport starting
in April 2015.

    Materna's self bag drop system comes with an intuitive graphical user interface so
that passengers can drop off their luggage very quickly and easily. Its solution is based
on the IATA CUSS standard and also supports the new CUWS definition (Common Use Web
Services). Visitors at PTE will be able to test this service for themselves.

    Aviation solutions from Materna

    Materna has been developing and offering innovative and intuitive solutions for
airline passengers for many years and understands how processes can be simplified
effectively. Materna offers solutions from check-in and bag drop to security and boarding.
Customers include airports, airlines, and ground handling companies, e.g. Air Berlin,
easyJet, Emirates and DNATA, Gatwick Airport, Germanwings, Hamburg Airport, Lufthansa, and
Vienna Airport. Materna had a very successful year 2014, which included installing self
bag drop systems at several German airports.

    Materna GmbH

    As a leading IT consulting company, Materna employs around 1,500 staff throughout
Europe and achieved a turnover of EUR 158 million in 2013. Materna is a full service
provider delivering a complete range of services for the premium segment: from
consultation and implementation through to operations. Its target customers include IT
organisations and user departments in companies and the public sector. Materna is made up
of six business lines: IT Factory, Digital Enterprise, Government, Communications,
Mobility and its subsidiary, CBS, a consulting company for SAP solutions.

       
        Further information:
        Materna GmbH
        Information & Communications
        Corporate Communications
        Christine Siepe
        Vosskuhle 37, 44141 Dortmund
        Tel. +49-231-5599-168
        Email: Christine.Siepe@Materna.de
        http://www.materna.com

Materna GmbH