On the Ground: Baggage

The trial will allow Ryanair passengers, staying at the Hampton by Hilton Edinburgh Airport hotel, to check-in their bags the night before their flight.

The ViewTag is equipped with RFID and BLE technology, and a digital display that shows the same flight information as traditional paper bag tags.

The IATA Annual General Meeting resolved to support the global deployment of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for baggage tracking.

Airlines across the world earned approximately $28.1 billion in revenue from baggage fees in 2018, according to a report by IdeaWorksCompany and CarTrawler.

According to SITA, airlines that are adding tracking at more points of the baggage journey are seeing a huge improvement in bag delivery globally.

Passengers departing with Thomas Cook Airlines from London Gatwick will now be able to check-in their baggage from their own home.