Real-time baggage tracking to save air transport industry s3 billion
Highly accurate tracking rates of RFID technology could reduce the number of mishandled bags by up to 25% by 2022 according to SITA !ATA Business Case
Bangalore: The global deployment of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, which can accurately track passengers' baggage in real time across key points in the journey, can enable the air transport industry to save more than $3 billion over the next seven years.
Global IT provider SITA and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) revealed that the highly accurate tracking rates of RFID technology could reduce the number of mishandled bags by up to 25% by 2022, mainly through efficient tracking.
The SITA/IATA Business Case released today at the IATA World Passenger symposium taking place in Dubai, outlines how this will provide a major saving for airlines and deliver more certainty for passengers.