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TagsForLife proposes RFID bag tags, without a barcode backup

15 June 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Shabstec owner Shabbir Girach pitching the TagsForLife concept at Future Travel Experience EMEA 2023 in Dublin

Digital bag tags are not a new concept, but the hardware is expensive, mostly to support backwards compatibility with the legacy baggage sorting systems. Shabstec wants to solve the problem a different way, bringing its TagsForLife RFID-based bag tracking to the market with a unit cost under $10.

This story is about: bag tags, baggage tracking, BagTag, checked baggage, FTE, FTEEMEA23, Future Travel Experience, RFID, Shabstec, TagsForLife Filed Under: Ground Services

It’s the end of the kiosk as we know it, and Alaska Airlines feels fine

24 April 2023 By Seth Miller 2 Comments

The renewed Alaska Airlines airport lobby will still have plenty of kiosks, though they'll be wholly dedicated to printing bag tags, not other functions

Alaska Airlines was an early believer in the efficiency and advantages passenger kiosks could bring to the airport check-in lobby. Now the airline believes that era is over.

This story is about: Alaska Airlines, ancillary, ancillary fees, ancillary revenue, bag tags, BagTag, checked baggage, kiosk Filed Under: Ground Services

BAGTAG targets North American expansion, adds homing solution

12 October 2022 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Checking out the range of BAGTAG options, including the

Having secured a bridgehead in North America with its Alaska Airlines deal, BAGTAG is looking to grow quickly, both in terms of customers served and the type of offerings available.

This story is about: Alaska Airlines, bag tags, baggage tracking, BagTag, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, WAF22, World Aviation Festival Filed Under: Ground Services, Loyalty

PaxEx Update: FTE Asia edition

15 November 2019 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

AirAsia is (still) making big moves in the ASEAN region and digital bag tags are evolving to a level that might be useful soon. Plus some news on IFE/C going active and getting profitable. The 2019 Future Travel Experience Asia was a great show and these are just a few of the highlights.

This story is about: AirAsia, AirFi, AirFi Indonesia, AirFi LEO, ancillary, ancillary fees, ancillary revenue, bag tags, baggage tracking, BagTag, Batik Air, biometrics, Boom, Boom Supersonic, checked baggage, facial recognition, FTE, FTEAsia19, Future Travel Experience, IFC, IFE, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight entertainment, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, inflight entertainment, Inmarsat, Japan Airlines, Lion Air, PaxEx, Streaming IFE, Supersonic Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports, Ground Services, IFEC, PaxEx Update

A Hong Kong Surprise: PaxEx Update (16 August 2019)

16 August 2019 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

A surprise twist in the Hong Kong protests as Cathay CEO Rupert Hogg resigns. Plus RFID for bags, VR for passengers and new aircraft types launching service soon. A busy week with plenty to uncover in this edition of PaxEx Update!

This story is about: 2Ku, 737 MAX, A220, A220-300, A330, A330-900, A330neo, Air Canada, Air France, AirAsia, AirAsiaX, Airbus, AlloSky, bag tags, baggage tracking, British Airways, business class, Cathay Pacific, CDG, Charles de Gaulle Airport, checked baggage, China, economy class, embedded IFE, first class, gogo, grounding, Hawaii, HKG, Hong Kong, IATA, IATAAGM, IATAAGM19, IFC, IFE, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight entertainment, in-flight internet, in-seat power, inflight connectivity, inflight entertainment, Inflight VR, Montreal, Newark, PAC, Panasonic, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Paris, RFID, routes, San Jose, SEA, seating, seats, Seattle, SJC, SkyLights, Southwest Airlines, Toronto, virtual reality, YUL, YYZ Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports, IFEC, PaxEx Update, Seats & Cabin

Air France goes all-in on RFID bag tracking

13 August 2019 By Seth Miller 1 Comment

Some of the new conveyor belt systems being installed in 2017 to move checked bags between terminals at CDG; RFID is now joining the gear to make the system even more efficient and reliable.

Wondering where your checked bag is? Air France will soon have more and better data to help answer that question for passengers as the carrier commits to RFID tracking of bags beginning in 2020.

This story is about: Air France, bag tags, baggage tracking, CDG, Charles de Gaulle Airport, checked baggage, IATA, IATAAGM, IATAAGM19, Paris, RFID Filed Under: Ground Services

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