New Trolleys

[NanLaew]

I arrived back last night after a week in the US and after clearing Immigration, noted that the baggage trolleys were scarce. When I did find a short stack of six, I noticed they were nice, new brushed aluminium types and not those stainless steel abominations that weigh a ton and go where they want.

The new ones are much lighter, don't seem to 'stick' to each other so easy to disengage from the stack. Note that they are shorter so one may need to pile things a tad higher if toting more than 2 large suitcases.

Now, if they can make a few thousand more of them, things will be looking good!

[Crossy]

A start at least, unless they get nicked like the last lot.

Are these ones escalator-capable??

[bdenner]

Cause not! Been cashed in for the scrap metal value faster than they can buy em. Spending more money protecting the security of King Power (No Corruption) than worrying about the integrety of their own employees! AOT = Effin bullshit!

[Nowhereman60]

I dropped off a friend on Saturday morning and helped my friend stack his bags on the new trolley. Seem light weight and easy to use.

[infernalman7]

They are escalator-capable. The long ones of-course not the stepping ones.

[salty]

If they were motorway capable it would eliminate the need for taxis.

[Crossy]

They are escalator-capable. The long ones of-course not the stepping ones.

Only Travelator capable then, pity

The ones at KLIA can go up and down the stepped escalators

[NanLaew]

The new trolleys have stickers on the handlebars that indicate they can not be used on the escalators. However, they are designed for safe use on the moving walkways as that's how the trolley girls and guys shift them from level to level. I watched them sending stacks of 6 of them at a time down a moving walkway this morning and the wheels locked and they went down a couple of floors totally unattended so the brakes are doing their job. However, there's no allowing for stupidity and I won't be too surprised to see people taking them on the escalators just like before.

[Fatfrank]

I wonder if someone is sitting in a dark room somewhere tracking each trolly via their RFID tags and sounding an alarm if a trolly is crossing the Airport perimeter

[NanLaew]

Last couple of trips thru the airport shows more new trolleys and less old ones.

[bubba]

Just saw a story today regarding this. As it turns out, AOT have ordered 9,034 of them for 566.24 million baht. Let's see, that works out to 62,678 baht/trolley. And of course they are being sold through a local "representative", AP Management.

I am certainly looking forward to some new trolleys to replace the old clunkers that are there now, or even just enough trolleys to go around. But at more than 62,000 baht each? And that's less than four years after they paid a small fortune for the old ones that are all being scrapped!

Apparently, these are the same trolleys used in Singapore and Hong Kong. It would be interesting to know how much those airports paid for their trolleys.

http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2010/02/on-t...-trolley-track/

[PattayaParent]

A start at least, unless they get nicked like the last lot.

Are these ones escalator-capable??

Well the new ones are much lighter and easier to lift in the back of a pick-up.

[NanLaew]

^^ Almost US$2k/trolley. Seems a fair price for something that has to last 5 to 10 years no? Fully foreign designed and imported too. Makes more sense than whatever they paid for the locally made clunkers that are being replaced.

^ Read the article: they have RFID tags so are trackable. That sort of asset requires sophisticated inventory and anti-theft and I think that is part of the sticker price. But go ahead and stick one in the back of the Vigo and let us know how far you get.