Abstract: A method for handling aircraft baggage which is transported in an aircraft, preferably in standardized baggage containers, for the passengers of a specific flight in the arrival sector of an airport terminal, announces to the passenger that his or her item of baggage is being handled on one of the baggage carousels and simultaneously ensures that the item of baggage of a passenger or a plurality of items of baggage are actually available on the announced baggage carousels. In order to do so, the flight baggage is logistically associated with passenger-related criteria that are stored in a computer and that determine upon or after unloading of the aircraft or the baggage containers, the distribution of the flight baggage to one of a plurality of baggage carousels.