RFID Tracking for Luggage Fails to Take Off

The promise of electronic tracking for luggage is still very much a thing of the future as cash strapped airlines are reluctant to invest in the costly technology.

(PRWEB) March 29, 2005 -- The promise of electronic tracking for luggage is still very much a thing of the future as cash strapped airlines are reluctant to invest in the costly technology. RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) was hailed as the travellers saviour against the nightmare of lost luggage. The RFID chips were to be attached to the bag at check in but the high cost of implementing the system has discouraged all but a handful of airports from installing the detectors and readers needed for the system to function.

There is light at the end of the flight path however as UK based company www.Globalbagtag.com produces a luggage tag that is traceable via the Internet without the need for costly RFID technology.

Chris Truelove Managing director of Globalbagtag.com said, RFID promised much but until the costs can be brought down to acceptable levels it will prove very difficult for the airlines and airports to take it up. We have a proven here & now" system which can be quickly implemented by the airlines, airports and luggage manufactures. The success of globalbagtag has, in most part, been due to the fact that it does not charge airlines or airports to use the system and the do not need any kind of costly equipment to read the globalbagtags, all that is needed is internet access."

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