A verified chain of custody follows checked baggage from check-in to claim, anchoring each scan event so airlines and ground handlers share one record instead of fragmented per-airport systems. When a bag goes missing, investigators pinpoint the last verified stage in seconds and process the claim faster.
Turn fragmented per-handler scan data into one verified custody chain per bag.
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Record every stage. The Traceability Ledger anchors each scan from check-in to loading to claim, so a bag's journey is one continuous record rather than scattered logs.
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Trust the source. Device Attestation confirms that each scan came from a genuine, authorized handler device, so the custody chain cannot be spoofed with fake events.
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Unify the airports. Every ground handler writes to the same chain, so an airline sees one custody trail spanning all handling systems instead of querying each in turn.
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Find the gap. When a bag is delayed, the chain immediately shows the last verified scan stage, focusing the investigation on the exact handoff where custody broke.
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Speed the payout. Because the custody record is shared and verified, a lost luggage claim is assessed against evidence in minutes rather than a multi-party manual trace.
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Preserve the trail. Audit Logs records the full custody history and every query, giving airlines and handlers a dispute-proof basis for liability and claims.
Follow a single checked bag from check-in through each attested scan to a fast, evidence-backed claim.
05:30:22
[SYS] Registering checked bag at origin...
05:30:22
[CMD] checkIn { tag: "BAG_66120", flight: "CX_884", from: "HKG" }
05:30:23
[AUTH] Binding tag to passenger and flight...
05:30:23
[OK] Origin scan anchored for BAG_66120.
Cerulea decomposes baggage custody into modular contracts. Each layer registers, attests, traces, and logs a bag so a lost luggage investigation runs on one shared, verified chain.
Verified baggage custody is a horizontal capability. Here is how different aviation actors put it to work.
Share one verified custody chain per bag across every handler and airport, cutting lost luggage investigation time and settling claims quickly on trusted evidence.
Key Asset Types
Write attested scans into a common record so handoffs between handlers are unambiguous, reducing finger-pointing over where a bag was lost.
Key Asset Types
Oversee baggage performance and liability from one tamper-evident chain, replacing reconciliation across disparate handling systems with a live query.
Key Asset Types
Whether you are bridging legacy baggage handling systems or ingesting scans from attested handler devices, Cerulea routes both into one custody chain.
For airports on legacy baggage reconciliation systems. Existing scan feeds are translated into anchored custody hops through the API gateway automatically.
Baggage Handling System
Airport BRS Platforms
Cerulea API Gateway
Scan Hashing & Signing
Cerulea Private Chain
Baggage Custody Ledger
For handler devices scanning at the ramp. Each attested scanner signs its scan and routes it directly to the custody chain on the execution layer.
Handler Scanner
Attested Ramp Devices
Custody Validators
Scan Consensus
Cerulea Ledger
Verified Bag Record
Building anchored scan custody, device attestation, a last-seen trace engine, and an evidence-backed claim ledger from scratch requires specialised engineers and long multi-airport integration cycles. Calculate your exact deployment speed using Cerulea.
Traditional Deployment
Solidity Coding & Audits
~ 12 Months
Visual Compilation
WASM Logical Artifacts
~ 4 Weeks
The legacy timeline reflects aviation baggage integration benchmarks. Unifying scan feeds across handlers, adding device attestation, and building a last-seen trace and claim flow takes a baseline of 8 months. Building the same architecture on Cerulea takes a baseline of 2 weeks, because Cerulea Studio visually translates your custody and attestation rules into pre-audited WebAssembly binaries and provisions the baggage custody ledger instantly.