Travelers have found a solution to tracking devices like Apple AirTags to combat awkward situations (Image: Getty)

As travel turmoil grows, people are looking to AirTags to track their luggage.

Airports in Europe and the United States are struggling to handle passengers and their baggage due to staff shortages due to massive layoffs that have swept the aviation industry during the pandemic.

Travelers have found a solution to tracking devices like Apple AirTags to combat awkward situations.

According to Bloomberg, a man traveling from the US to the UK with AirTags attached to his luggage noticed that his bag was still stuck in Edinburgh when he arrived.

Using AirTags, he was able to confirm that the luggage was left in the US two days after departure, eventually being shipped to a warehouse in Edinburgh and then on to Aberdeen. He eventually tracked his luggage to the West Midlands of England.

Many customers call the airline on Twitter and report the exact location of the bag that appears to be missing thanks to AirTag.

Baggage got stuck at LHR for a flight to SEA on July 8 and there was no update to Delta’s baggage tracker. Apple AirTag indicates that it is still close to Terminal 3. When do you want to retrieve your luggage? I tweeted one of the customers who had a baggage jam at Heathrow airport.

Tracking devices like Samsung’s AirTags and SmarTag have proven to be invaluable tools for travelers this summer.

Apple introduced AirTags to track your belongings in 2021 and has since come under fire for using them to track people.

In January, Apple released the AirTag “Personal Safety User’s Guide” with horror.

Tracking devices using short-range Bluetooth are allowed on planes to help reconnect lost luggage. Devices like small coins act as trackers to store items like keys, wallets, and backpacks.

They’re £29 or £99 for 4 packs respectively, so they’re not too expensive to buy.

File photo: On June 19, 2022, baggage queues line up outside Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport in London, England. Reuters/Henry Nichols/File photo

As travel turmoil continues across the country, an image has surfaced showing the “mountain of baggage” at London airport (Image: Reuters)

People who didn’t use AirTags had to spend hours searching for a pile of lost luggage. The woman found a suitcase at Heathrow airport three hours after her disappearance and was left naked.

In June, a sea of ​​bags was seen outside the Heathrow terminal as staff struggled with an “ongoing problem with the baggage system”.

The aviation industry struggled to keep up with post-pandemic demand after laying off too many workers during the Covid lockdown.