April 01, 2004
Delta Airlines Begins Second RFID Test to Track Luggage
In the final quarter of 2003, Delta Airlines began implementing RFID technology to track 40,000 pieces of passenger luggage. Typically, with bar code scanners, Delta's success rate was 80% - 85% accuracy. Last December, however, Delta announced that the RFID-tagged baggage received accuracy levels of anywhere between 96.7% - 99.9%.
Today, Delta, with cooperation from the TSA, began its second test of RFID-tagged luggage.
reports:
"The tags operate at a frequency of 915 MHz, the same frequency that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to use in its supply chain. ...
"RFID bag tracking offers a 'significant ROI' for Delta... [said Pat Rary, manager for baggage planning and development at Delta]. He declined to provide details, except to say the airline spends 'tens of millions of dollars' in locating 800,000 misdirected bags a year."
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