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Loading baggage in containers and carts at the exit of a baggage handling system has long been a predominantly manual labour. Over time it has become clear that this has many disadvantages, for example it can have severe implications for the operator’s health. As a result, airports find it increasingly hard to employ sufficient numbers of operators. A second result is that airports are under increasing scrutiny from government with regards to their labour conditions. All of this leads to an increase in the demand for automation of bag loading. Most baggage sorting systems transport bags through the system directly to the correct loading point after which the bags are loaded to a cart or container immediately. The order of loading of the bags is therefore determined by the order in chich the bags have entered the system. This is designated a push system. Until now, most airports have operated with a push systems, where optionally a lane based bag store is added to shorten the open time for the loading point for a flight. Because lane buffers operate on a first-in-first-out basis, this storage has no gr...