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October 23, 2006
RFID Applications: Baggage Tagging At Airports
[This post is part of a short series aimed at giving a quick overview of existing and future applications of RFID - radio frequency identification - technology .] It's one of those things that few people like to talk about, but radical elements in society generally make it necessary to implement processes that ensure that unchecked baggage does not get loaded onto airplanes. This involves the use of RFID to track baggage. If baggage has to be transferred to another plane on a succesive leg of a flight, and the person who original checked in the baggage does not check in for the same successive leg, the baggage should be withheld. RFID technology is one efficient way this is being tested in a number of airports.
A less critical but no less important reason for using RFID for baggage tagging is purely for the convenience of passengers: reducing incidences of lost luggage. This in turn reduces airline operating costs, as they have less claims to pay for.
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