242
Fashion Jobs
H&M
Visual Merchandiser Manager- Newmarket
Permanent · AUCKLAND
L'OREAL GROUP
Operations & Transport Manager
Permanent · AUCKLAND
ABBOTT
Tpm Contract Manufacturing Manager
Permanent · AUCKLAND
ESSILORLUXOTTICA GROUP
Optometrist - Opsm Rotorua
Permanent · ROTORUA
DANGERFIELD
Online Coordinator
Permanent · AUCKLAND
PUMA
Key Account Manager nz
Permanent · AUCKLAND
L'OREAL GROUP
Key Account Manager
Permanent · AUCKLAND
ESSILORLUXOTTICA GROUP
Retail Associate | Sunglass Hut Manukau
Permanent · AUCKLAND
ESSILORLUXOTTICA GROUP
Retail Associate | Sunglass Hut Dunedin
Permanent · DUNEDIN
ESSILORLUXOTTICA GROUP
Retail Associate | Opsm Rangiora Eyecare
Permanent · CANTERBURY
PETER ALEXANDER
2 x Casual - Sales Assistant - Peter Alexander nz - MT Maunganui
Permanent · AUCKLAND
PETER ALEXANDER
2 x Part Time - Sales Assistant - Peter Alexander nz - MT Maunganui
Permanent · AUCKLAND
LULULEMON
Assistant Manager | Christchurch (Tuesday - Saturday Rotation)
Permanent · CHRISTCHURCH
ICEBREAKER
Icebreaker : Sales Associate, Casual - Wellington Airport Touchlab
Permanent · WELLINGTON
DFS
Personal Shopper
Permanent · AUCKLAND
H&M
Department Manager- Chartwell (Hamilton)
Permanent · HAMILTON
H&M
Store Manager Wellington
Permanent · WELLINGTON
H&M
Sales Advisor- 28h
Permanent · AUCKLAND
H&M
Assistant Store Manager- Sylvia Park
Permanent · AUCKLAND
H&M
Department Manager- Sylvia Park
Permanent · AUCKLAND
LOVISA
Store Manager | nz | Palmerston North
Permanent · PALMERSTON NORTH
LOVISA
Store Manager | nz | Chartwell
Permanent · HAMILTON
By
Reuters
Published
Dec 6, 2017
Reading time
2 minutes
Download
Download the article
Print
Text size

'Smart bags' may not fly if battery cannot be removed

By
Reuters
Published
Dec 6, 2017

Smart suitcases” may be able to charge mobile phones or be easily found if misplaced, but unless their battery can be removed they risk being sent packing by the world’s airlines.




Global airlines body IATA said it could issue industry-wide standards on the new luggage soon, after some U.S. airlines issued their own restrictions on smart bags, whose manufacturers include companies such as BlueSmart, Raden or Away.

These contain GPS tracking and can charge devices, weigh themselves or be locked remotely using mobile phones, but they are powered by lithium ion batteries, which the aviation industry regards as a fire risk, especially in the cargo hold.

“We expect guidance to be issued potentially this week,” Nick Careen, IATA senior vice president of airport, passenger, cargo and security, told a media briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, when asked about restrictions placed by some airlines.

U.S. based carriers American Airlines, Delta and Alaska Airlines all said last week that as of Jan. 15, 2018, they would require the battery to be removed before allowing the bags on board.

Careen gave no details of any potential industry-wide standards, but said he expected others could quickly follow the example of the U.S. carriers.

Away and Raden say on their websites that batteries in their bags can be easily removed.

Bluesmart, which says more than 65,000 of its suitcases are being used around the world, said its batteries cannot be removed but that its products meet all safety regulations and requirements.

It said it would be holding meetings with airlines to try and ensure its products are exempt from any restrictions.

Concerns over the risk of a lithium ion battery fire were highlighted during the electronics ban temporarily imposed earlier this year on some flights to the United States.

© Thomson Reuters 2024 All rights reserved.