Ata 300
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ATA Spec 300 is an airline transport
Transport
Transport or transportation is the movement of people, cattle, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations...

 specification that establishes requirements for the design, development and procurement of effective packaging for supplies and equipment shipped by airlines.

To become ATA 300 compliant a shipping case should withstand being shipped a minimum of 100 times, should have recessed handles that will not break during transit, must have fittings and appliances that are coated with non-corrosive products and must have rounded well constructed edges.

With an ever increasing number of people travelling by commercial airlines there has been an increased use of personal luggage
Luggage
Baggage is any number of bags, cases and containers which hold a traveller's articles during transit.Luggage is more or less the same concept as "baggage", but is normally used in relation to the personal luggage of a specific person or persons Baggage is any number of bags, cases and containers...

that meets the ATA 300 required standards.
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