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Stimulus funds could accelerate
use of RFID at U.S. airports
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RFID technology could get a significant boost from the billions of dollars doled out in this year’s stimulus package. Specifically, growth could occur in the airport baggage-handling sector, where misplaced and lost bags cost the airline industry billions each year.
It’s a problem that has plagued travelers and airlines for years, impacting 42 million passengers annually. RFID technology isn’t a new solution on this front, as baggage tracking represented one of the first RFID applications with a legitimate return on investment.
However, the use of the technology hasn’t taken flight as fast as some would like. About a dozen airports worldwide use the technology to track baggage, the most well known being Hong Kong and McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. Airports in Milan, Lisbon and Copenhagen rolled out RFID baggage tracking solutions recently.
“We've had airports contact us about using stimulus money to modernize baggage systems in an effort to make their airports more attractive to international carriers and cut costs at the same time,” says Patrick Sweeney, founder of ODIN technologies.
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Federal stimulus funds and more affordable tags could jump-start the use of RFID in the baggage tracking sector.
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