George Schmitt & Co Wins Major RFID Baggage Tagging Contract with Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) Using Alien Technology Tags

Logistics Insight Asia - Industry News, 22/5/2008

Alien Technology and George Schmitt & Co. have announced that George Schmitt & Co. was awarded the contract for RFID-enabled baggage handling at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) using Alien’s Squiggle tags. George Everhart, CEO of Alien, delivered the news during his keynote address at the RFID Journal Live convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Hong Kong International Airport is the regional and international aviation center that won several notable international "Best Airport" awards. HKIA operates twenty-four hours a day, and is one of the world's busiest airports in terms of international passenger and cargo movement. In 2007, HKIA handled 47.8 million passengers and 3.7 million tons of cargo with the base airlines of Cathay Pacific, Dragonair, Hong Kong Express Airways, Hong Kong Airlines and Air Hong Kong.

According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), RFID helps improve both airport logistics management and the handling of all baggage. Use of RFID in baggage handling may generate US$760 million per year in industry savings, and reduce the current number of 20 pieces of mishandled baggage per 1000 passengers each year, due to improved read rates of baggage using RFID as compared to barcode.

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