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Tagsys announced that Qantas, the Australian airline, has adopted Tagsy technology to develop a reusable luggage tag-part of Qantas’ next-generation airport check-in system. This system, Qantas launched at Perth Airport in July 2010, uses RFID to register customers and luggage. In the first stage of the application, approximately 100,000 Qantas platinum, gold, silver and bronze members received this new type of inlay with passive high-frequency RFID embedded (airlines call it “smart Q chip”). membership card. According to the airline, customers can use these membership cards to register them and their luggage.
Qantas frequent flyers only need to swipe their membership card in front of the reader to complete the registration
The membership card is also used as a permanent boarding card, replacing the existing frequent flyer card of eligible passengers. The new reusable RFID luggage tag can be used with HF RFID membership card, but it supports the UHF EPC Gen 2 standard. The new luggage tags, also known as “Q Bag Tags”, have been used in domestic cargo terminals at Sydney and Perth airports. By 2011, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra airports will all adopt Q Bag Tags. According to Tagsys, Q Bag Tag will be permanently affixed to passengers’ luggage to help them avoid long queues and quickly self-check luggage.
Q Bag Tag will be permanently pasted on passengers’ luggage to help them avoid long queues and quickly self-check luggage
The tag will help improve the efficiency of baggage handling. The company says that ground crews can use handheld RFID readers to quickly locate baggage at the airport. The tag can store up to four flight information, and can also be reprogrammed to record future flights. Tagsys said that the company has worked closely with Qantas to develop UHF Q Bag Tags that comply with the EPC Gen 2 standard, and has designed a medallion-style RFID passive inlay that can read and write tags in all aspects and with high accuracy. Using Impinj Monza 4 RFID chip, the tag is encapsulated in a customized plastic case (designed by Australian designer Marc Newson and produced by Buzz Products). According to Tagsys, the use of this permanent, RFID luggage tag is unique in the aviation industry, and current luggage tracking solutions based on RFID technology use disposable tags.
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