How to use RFID devices for airport baggage check-in for the airport industry

Every year, more than 20 million pieces of luggage are improperly handled during the check-in process, causing considerable losses to passengers and causing the airline's brand and reputation to decline. At the 75th annual meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), participating member airlines unanimously voted to support the global deployment of RFID for baggage tracking. The conference also called for the implementation of modern baggage messaging standards to enable real-time and accurate tracking of passenger baggage at key points in the journey.

Traditional air baggage check-in uses barcodes for traceability, and the identification accuracy is 80%. This means that during the baggage check-in process, 1 out of every 5 bags will be mis-delivered, delayed, damaged, lost, etc., and there is no barcode traceability. Effective monitoring means; time-consuming, laborious, and may affect the on-time takeoff and flight safety of the aircraft. Airport airlines need to spend a lot of time and energy to find solutions to these disputes every year, which brings a lot of trouble to the company. Big economic losses.

solution

Use radio frequency identification systems (RFID) to strengthen the tracking, distribution and transmission of luggage and improve safety management to avoid misdelivery. By attaching an RFID electronic tag to each piece of luggage, the RFID electronic tag records various information about the aircraft passengers, such as flight number, parking space, departure time and other information. When the luggage is entrusted by the passenger to the airport luggage transportation to take over, This is to install electronic tag reading and writing equipment at various control nodes starting from its flow, such as sorting, loading area, and baggage claim area, and then transmit it to various departments. Baggage information can be shared and monitored throughout the transportation process, which improves its efficiency. With the management level and efficiency, the luggage will be delivered to the destination on time and accurately. On the basis of meeting the 7 key nodes of check-in, security inspection, sorting, loading/boxing, loading, transfer, and arrival required by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, 7 additional items such as large baggage, baggage claim carousel, and passenger arrival exit can also be added. This operation area greatly broadens the scope of baggage data collection and effectively improves the accuracy of data collection.

User benefits

The use of RFID solutions for baggage check-in has greatly improved the average daily baggage check-in volume and efficiency.

The RFID baggage check-in solution increases the identification accuracy to more than 92%, greatly reducing the probability of errors. Even if an error occurs, the source can be quickly traced and the baggage can be retrieved.

Airport ground baggage staff can quickly locate abnormal baggage through the system, reducing the time spent searching for baggage and greatly improving baggage protection capabilities.

Passengers can check multiple baggage nodes such as baggage check-in, security inspection, sorting, loading, and machine loading in real time, and understand the trajectory of their checked baggage in real time, thereby effectively alleviating the anxiety of waiting for baggage on board the plane.