Lost your bags while travelling? Here's how airports will find it

As the King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah is all set to be inaugurated next month, passengers will not have to worry about their luggage.
The airport has a sophisticated passenger luggage-handling system with a length of 34.6 km, which is connected to the latest multi-level security systems, according to an Arab News report.

If luggage has been damaged, lost or delayed, passengers have the right to claim compensation," the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) tweeted earlier. "It is better to go personally to the airport and submit a notice to the Lost Luggage office and they will take care of you," Reem Omer, from GACA customer services, was quoted as saying.

The airport has some important features to help overcome several problems faced by passengers and employees of the old airport.
The new airport will be the largest in the world and the busiest of all airports during the Haj. It will have a complex of travel halls with an area of 810,000 square meters allowing all air carriers to operate under one roof. Besides, there will be 46 gates for international and domestic flights, including gates to accommodate large aircrafts such as the Airbus A380, in addition to 94 mobile bridges to serve aircraft of different sizes with two bridges per gate. Hence, passengers will no longer have to take a bus or airport shuttle to get to the aircraft from the airport building.

The new airport features a 136 meter-high observation tower, one of the highest in the world. It is the busiest airport in Saudi Arabia and the third-largest airport in the Kingdom.
The airport is known for its Haj terminal, which is specially built for Islamic pilgrims going annually to Makkah and can handle 80,000 passengers at a time.
The new KAIA will contain a mosque that can accommodate 3,000 worshippers with an outside courtyard for prayer at an area of 2,450 square meters, in addition to an upper floor as women's prayer area that will accommodate about 700.

The airport will be able to service 70 aircrafts at once with mobile bridges and parking spaces around the terminal complex accommodating 28 aircraft. The project has an automated railway system for international passenger transport within the hall complex.

There will be short-term car parking on four floors that will accommodate 8,200 vehicles, and will be equipped with electronic devices to enable car owners to know the parking location. There will also be long-term parking for 4,356 cars. Construction work on KAIA airport began in 1974 and was finalised in 1980. Finally, on May 31, 1981, the airport opened for service after being officially inaugurated in April 1981, the report added.