Air France Contract to Bring RFID to 40 Million Baggage Tags Annually

Air France expects to be providing RFID-enabled baggage tags to its passengers at Charles de Gaulle Airport in 2020. The airline is the latest to announce intentions to track passengers' baggage via RFID technology, with the aim of reducing the rate of lost luggage, as well as boosting efficiency and sharing baggage status content with passengers in real time. As part of that effort, Air France has signed a three-year contract with RFID label company Paragon ID to provide a minimum of 40 million EPC UHF RFID labels for the Paris airport annually.