RFID Baggage Tracking benefits for airlines, airports, and passengers

Summary of Hand-to-Hand RFID Baggage Tracking benefits for airlines, airports, and passengers

RFID increases automation in baggage handling processes, significantly reducing the number of mishandled bags — and the associated costs. We, at Longest Chance, employ RFID baggage tracking to provide real-time visibility into the whereabouts of passenger luggage, including cross-checks at every step of the bag’s travels. The system offers excellent bag tag readability at 99.99%. Everyone wins — airlines, airports, and passengers.

Passenger

Bags arrive on time: The reduction in mishandled bags ensures that more passengers are reunited with their bags as expected.
More on-time departures: RFID can increases the number of timely departures by enabling more efficient loading of baggage onto the plane.
Shorter connection times as a result of reduced mishandling errors.
Improved safety: Compliance with government safety regulations improves the level of passenger safety.
Theft reduction: RFID can provide a real-time history of movement for any bag.

Airline

Faster connection times as a result of reduced mishandling errors.
Increase in baggage processing efficiency — handlers can process more baggage more accurately.
Reduction in operating costs due to more efficient use of employee time and a possible reduction in end-to-end flight times.
Significant improvement in customer satisfaction through the substantial reduction in baggage-handling errors. RFID can enable airlines to potentially achieve almost 100 percent accuracy in baggage handling.
Comprehensive audit of baggage inventory to enable continuous improvement in baggage handling procedures, increasing security and reducing the opportunity for baggage theft.
Cost-effective automated compliance with new safety regulations.

Airport

Improve brand positioning: Public perception is improved through operational efficiency and increased security levels.
Reduce operation costs: The volume of manual activities is reduced, improving worker productivity.
Scale the airport infrastructure to easily and cost-effectively accommodate future growth in passenger and checked baggage volumes.
Reduce minimum connection times (MCT) for transfer passengers at hub airports (if transfer baggage is handled with RFID).
Improve theft protection: RFID can record the movement of each bag from the moment it is tagged.
Ensure compliance with new safety regulations: RFID can automatically collect the data required to monitor and ensure compliance with safety regulations.
Take advantage of infrastructure capable of handling the increased baggage volumes today, as well as the significant increase anticipated in the near future.