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October 05, 2006
RFID Baggage Tagging Revenue To Double By 2011
The use of RFID for tagging airline bagging is a relatively new application, but revenue from it is expected to grow to nearly US$28M by 2011, which is double that expected for this year. This is according to a new report by ABI Research. Baggage tagging trials are already ongoing, or are planned, for a number of international cities including Hong Kong and Las Vegas. Paris has a joint trial with Amsterdam. South Korea's Asiana airline is running a six-city trial.
In all of these trials, the purpose of radio frequency tagging is to prevent baggage mishandling and loss. However, some high-volume airports are trialling RFID to decrease times for passenger check-in. While there are several ongoing projects, mass adoption at airports is hindered by the cost of tags, which will be disposable. One possibility is to use printed polymer tags, once that technology is perfected, mounted on an adhesive sticker of some sort, which might be applied to each piece of luggage.
[sources: Wireless DevNet, TMC Net, Unstrung]
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The IATA has sanctioned UHF tags based on ISO 18000-6C (EPC Gen2) for baggage tagging. This is an obvious choice given the superior price/ performance and the number of vendors supplying the technology. Printed "polymer tags" are only going to be available for 13.56MHz sometime in 2007, as revealed at the recent Organic Electronics Conference 2006. Producing printed ICs for the UHF band will not be feasible for at least 10 years (if ever). A slightly more feasible solution would be for airlines to issue durable, multi-use tags to their customers (frequent flyers first with slow roll out to others on a "need" basis). The airlines could charge $10 and offer greater insurance against lost baggage. The infrastructure will be the real cost hurdle.
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