SAFE LANDING FOR LUGGAGE:
SMART RFID for airports
CUT WINGS
LOSSES GENERATE COSTS
Lost luggage – one of the biggest problem of
every airport.
Only in 2015, over 23 millions of bags
and suitcases were lost or mishandled.
1 disappointing surprise of lost luggage
happens to 1 of 150 passengers.
6,5 suitcases are lost for every 1000
passengers.
CUT WINGS
LOSSES GENERATE COSTS
How is baggage lost?
It doesn’t take much.
Just
• typical employee’s omission,
• small damage of barcode,
• unfortunate baggage placing on line,
• too big gap between barcode and
scanner.
Majority of lost luggace cases results from employees’ mistakes.
These are the errors that can be eiminated.
CUT WINGS
LOSSES GENERATE COSTS
Every road of suitcase is more than complicated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drjT7CxgUdM
CUT WINGS
LOSSES GENERATE COSTS
The most often reasons of baggage transfer delays between airports.
Mistakes at luggage check-in
Luggage load failures
Mistakes at luggage load
Mistakes at luggage reclaim
Restrictions on luggage weight / Airport regulations
Luggage swap
Wrong tagging
CUT WINGS
LOSSES GENERATE COSTS
Lost baggage = lost:
• money needed for an extra baggage transfer
and amends for passenger,
• good brand image of airport and/or airline,
• passenger’s time and patience.
TILTING AT WINDMILLS?
THE UNSOLVABLE PROBLEM?
Is it really impossible to solve baggage problem?
Does such delicate issue have to rely on risky barcodes?
Should the fate of passenger’s baggage depend on correct baggage barcode
scan?
Is there no possibility for real-time baggage tracking?
RFID: (R)EVOLUTION IS IN THE AIR
RFID technology uses radio waves
for immediate, precise group
identification of even hundreds of
tags at once.
It is the last and most perfect
chain in the identification
development.
It has no disadvantages of
previous solutions, while offering
a completely new quality.
TECHNOLOGY ON THE RISE
RFID becomes the standard solution
General number of
passengers (bln)
General number of
mishandled baggages
(mln)
General number of
mishandled baggage for
1000 passengers
RFID technology is used at airport for a decade. And despite the growth of passengers number, it brings
positive results.
TECHNOLOGY ON THE RISE
Answer to passengers’ expectations…
97% passengers own mobile device.
66% of them claim that they would use mobile application to track their baggage.
66% airlines declare implementing such feature in 2017.
TECHNOLOGY ON THE RISE
…and law regulations
IATA 753 Resolution (International Air
Transport Association) imposes on all airlines
the duty of monitoring of EVERY baggage since
check-in to reclaim.
IATA recommends RFID technology as the
most suitable for implementing 753
Resolution.
TECHNOLOGY ON THE RISE
Promising forecasts
Aerospace experts agree: not only has RFID already succeeded in bringing
improvements at airports, but it has also still a lot to offer for further optimizations of
airport processes.
In 2007-2016 RFID helped to reduce 50% of lost luggage. It is equal to 22,4 bln $
savings.
To 2022, RFID may decrease the percentage of lost luggage by 25%.
Aerospace industry will save over 3 bln dollars.
TECHNOLOGY ON THE RISE
RFID becomes the standard solution
Advantages from implementing RFID:
processes optimization: check-in, search,
transfer and reclaim,
fast and accurate data acquisition,
match with regulations on passengers’ safety
and comfort.
IDENTIFICATION ON THE FLY
BAGGAGE TRACKING
The great advantage of RFID is automatic identification of even up to several
hundreds items at once.
Technology needs only 1 second for this.
No need for separate
identification of every single
suitcase or bag.
Mass-scale identification is
done automatically.
IDENTIFICATION ON THE FLY
BAGGAGE TRACKING
RFID allows for identification of objects or items that are moving at
several kilometers per hour.
RFID will work perfectly fine for error-free recognition of
suitcases and bags placed:
in sorting
on line in baggage reclaim
on trolley.
IDENTIFICATION ON THE FLY
BAGGAGE TRACKING
RFID technology allows for baggage identification from 8 meters.
No more need for visual contact between reader and baggage.
It is possible to track any baggage in real time.
At any moment every suitcase can be
localized.
To find it, only smartphone is needed.
CLEARED FOR LAUNCH
DESIGN AND ASSEMBLY OF RFID SYSTEM
To enjoy RFID advantages, only these parts are needed:
RFID reader (fixed and mobile) RFID antennas RFID tags used on baggage or
airport inventory
CLEARED FOR LAUNCH
How does
SMART RFID
work at
airports?
CLEARED FOR LAUNCH
How does
SMART RFID
work at
airports?
TECHNOLOGY ON THE RISE
Good practice
Delta Airlines allows passengers to mark their own baggage with RFID tags.
By investing 50 mln $ in 4600 scanners, 3800 RFID printers and 600 RFID portals at 344 airports, this airline
wants to provide its passengers with maximum comfort.
TECHNOLOGY ON THE RISE
Good practice
AirFrance KLM uses tags for tracking baggages in real time.
Both passengers and staff always know, where suitcase and bag is.
TECHNOLOGY ON THE RISE
Good practice
Quantas Airways implemented board cards with RFID tags.
Service customer was accelerated (from 10 to 2,5 minutes) and effectively linked baggage with its owner.
Thanks to that, airline staff makes less mistakes with baggage mishandling or losing it.
TECHNOLOGY ON THE RISE
Good practice
Jetstar Australia installs RFID tags in life vests, put under passengers’ seats.
Steward should only walk through aisle to be certain that all life vests are on board.
SOUND-SPEED STOCK-TAKING
EVERYTHING ON ITS PLACE
With RFID it is possible to perform stock-taking of:
• vehicles and devices used by airport staff;
• aerospace parts.
TECHNOLOGY ON THE RISE
Good practice
Boening 737 has tags installed on aerospace parts so stack-taking is easy and parts tracking can be launched at
any time.
The supply chain flexibility has increased while the costs of service and maintance – have decreased.
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