Industry Addendum
China Southern Airlines introduces digital BAGTAG for domestic and global flights
September 1st 2019
An electronic luggage tag, developed by five-year-old BAGTAG of the Netherlands, has found a customer in China Southern Airlines (CSA), Asia’s largest airline and one of the world’s fastest growing carriers. Read More »
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Last month, CSA passengers departing Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport began checking their baggage with BAGTAG, a digital luggage label that does away with paper tags.
This month the system will be extended to the new Daxing Beijing International Airport and several other domestic airline terminals.
BAGTAG managing director, Jasper Quak, said the system, also an end-to-end secure platform, was developed with several major airlines and was launched with Lufthansa group carriers last year.
It attaches to all luggage types and replaces thermal paper stripes and provides enhanced readability of e-paper display and RFID technology, Quak said.
CSA senior director produce and services, Twinkle Li, said the carrier “was very proud to be the first airline in China to introduce electronic bag tags”. “Electronic bag tags are a big step forward,“ she said. “With this paperless solution, passengers can save significant time at airports. It offers us a turnkey solution for electronic baggage tags that is very easy to integrate and works worldwide,” Li said.
At Greater Tokyo’s Narita International Airport, global self-service bags solution provider, Australia’s ICM Airport Technics will install 72 Auto Bag Drops in time for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. The multi-lingual 7 ABD system will be rolled out progressively at all four Narita terminals. Owned by Amadeus, the manufacturer has sold more than 1,100 auto drop bag units to 39 airports.
