IATA TO USE TECH TO IMPROVE BAG HANDLING

At IATA’s Annual General Meeting in Seoul, the group of 290 airlines resolved to transition to the use of bag tags with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) inlays, and introduce new processes to prevent mishandling. RFID labels contain passive chips that transmit information in response to antennae through radio-frequency electromagnetic fields. Read rates are 99.98 per cent accurate and the chips cannot be as easily concealed or damaged as a traditional bar code. Bags can also be identified and tracked without human intervention, making it easier to follow IATA’s Resolution 753, which requires airlines to track bags at four different points. iata.org…

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