February 10, 2005
RFID for Airline Asset Tracking
ABI Research claims that airlines can save a lot of money and become more productive by using RFID to track assets such as large utility dollies that, believe it or not, are frequently lost by airlines due to carelessness, theft, or "borrowing" by other airlines. Much productivity is wasted by employees trying to locate the dollie and can add up to a not insignificant expense for the airlines. American, Delta, JetBlue, and others are beginning to employ RFID-GPS hybrid systems to keep track of these valuable assets. According to ABI Research's press release at Business Wire:
"In a sophisticated hybrid tracking system," says Lopez, "the GPS will find the location of the asset, and the RFID tag will transmit that information to its ground-based network, avoiding expensive satellite uplinks."
Baggage tracking is another obvious application for RFID in this market, and frequent travelers to Asia will be glad to learn that Hong Kong airport now tags every piece of luggage passing through it.
Read more: Hello, Dollies: ABI Research sees RFID Helping Airlines Track Assets
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