Skycap

A skycap is a porter employed at an airport and provides the following services to airline passengers:

The skycap is the descendant of the redcap, a railway Porter. Redcaps were named for their distinctive red hats, which helped them stand out from a crowd so that railway passengers could easily identify them. When commercial airlines became viable, many airlines provided skycap service because people were accustomed to getting assistance from railway porters, and the term “skycap” was coined to describe porters who worked in airports.