A method for handling aircraft baggage from an incoming aircraft in an airport, and for letting one or more aircraft passengers claim their one or more pieces of aircraft baggage, the method comprising - pairing the one or more aircraft passengers with the one or more pieces of aircraft baggage belonging to the one or more passengers, - moving the one or more pieces of aircraft baggage on one or more conveying surfaces of automated material handling equipment in a moving direction, where the material handling equipment has two lateral sides (112, 114) transverse to the moving direction wherein the two lateral sides are a left and a right side when seen relative to the moving direction, and where the material handling equipment is capable of actively discharging the one or more pieces of aircraft baggage from the one or more conveying surfaces and into a destination towards one of the two lateral sides (112, 114), - providing a plurality of destinations at the aircraft baggage claim area of the airport and along each of both lateral sides (112, 114) of the material handling equipment, into which destinations the one or more pieces of baggage can be discharged from the material handling equipment, - choosing towards which of the two lateral sides (112, 114) of the material handling equipment the one or more pieces of aircraft baggage should be automatically and actively discharged into at least one of the plurality of destinations, and while the one or more pieces of aircraft baggage are moving in the moving direction, - actively discharging the one or more pieces of aircraft baggage from the material handling equipment and into at least one of the destinations at one of the lateral sides (112, 114) of the material handling equipment, where the at least one destination is accessible by the one or more passengers at an aircraft baggage claim area of the airport, and where the method further comprises that the one or more aircraft passengers are - claiming the one or more pieces of aircraft baggage paired with the one or more aircraft passengers at the at least one destination when the one or more pieces of aircraft baggage is at rest and has stopped moving. - pairing the one or more aircraft passengers with the one or more pieces of aircraft baggage belonging to the one or more passengers, - moving the one or more pieces of aircraft baggage on one or more conveying surfaces of automated material handling equipment in a moving direction, where the material handling equipment has two lateral sides (112, 114) transverse to the moving direction wherein the two lateral sides are a left and a right side when seen relative to the moving direction, and where the material handling equipment is capable of actively discharging the one or more pieces of aircraft baggage from the one or more conveying surfaces and into a destination towards one of the two lateral sides (112, 114), - providing a plurality of destinations at the aircraft baggage claim area of the airport and along each of both lateral sides (112, 114) of the material handling equipment, into which destinations the one or more pieces of baggage can be discharged from the material handling equipment, - choosing towards which of the two lateral sides (112, 114) of the material handling equipment the one or more pieces of aircraft baggage should be automatically and actively discharged into at least one of the plurality of destinations, and while the one or more pieces of aircraft baggage are moving in the moving direction, - actively discharging the one or more pieces of aircraft baggage from the material handling equipment and into at least one of the destinations at one of the lateral sides (112, 114) of the material handling equipment, where the at least one destination is accessible by the one or more passengers at an aircraft baggage claim area of the airport, and where the method further comprises that the one or more aircraft passengers are - claiming the one or more pieces of aircraft baggage paired with the one or more aircraft passengers at the at least one destination when the one or more pieces of aircraft baggage is at rest and has stopped moving.