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RFID Luggage-Tagging Pilot Begins

Friday, September 1, 2006

Baggage handling: a real pain in the you-know-what.

You get off the plane, hurry to some big conveyor belt (you’re paranoid someone’s gonna snatch your not-so-one-of-a-kind, black canvas), and wait around, searching for that little red ribbon you tied to the handle.

Perhaps a little RFID could make it easier?

If you’re flying from ‘Frisco to Seoul, then yes. A San Francisco airport is using luggage tags, in a six-month pilot with Asiana Airlines, Korean Air and Incheon International Airport to improve this haphazard process.

On Tuesday, an SFO commission approved plans from the two airlines to test an RFID baggage-tracking system. [end] 

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