“At the Sheremetyevo airport, a press briefing was held, during which they summed up the situation with the baggage claim and voiced the measures taken to normalize it,” RIA Novosti quotes.

One of these measures was the selection and training of missing personnel. Also, together with the airlines, we developed an interaction procedure for the accelerated handling of transfer baggage.

In addition, 12 flights from a number of airlines are transferred from Terminal D to other terminals.

According to Zakharova, the unit engaged in transfer baggage handling was also strengthened.

Earlier, the Ministry of Transport of Russia reported that the situation with baggage claim at the Sheremetyevo airport in the capital should be stabilized by August 15.

The press service of the airport explained the situation with the peak load in the high tourist season.

On July 1, it became known that a commission of the Prosecutor General’s Office was conducting an inspection in connection with systematic delays in baggage collection at Sheremetyevo Airport.