RFID for Airports and Airlines 2008-2018

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

• 1.1.1. Airports today
• 1.1.2. Many challenges
• 1.2. What is RFID?
  • 1.2.1. RFID is in many parts of the modern airport already
  • 1.2.2. Everyday RFID - car clickers, contactless cards
• 1.3. Airport challenges and RFID solutions
• 1.4. Why RFID is pervading airports

2. LEARNING FROM OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT ARE AHEAD IN CERTAIN RESPECTS

• 2.1. Retailing
• 2.2. Postal and courier services
• 2.3. Military
• 2.4. Healthcare
• 2.5. Transport

3. RELEVANT NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN RFID

• 3.1. EPC and the Internet of Things
• 3.2. Cleverer tags
  • 3.2.1. Ultra small tags from Thailand, Malaysia and Japan
  • 3.2.2. UHF tags with advanced antennas
  • 3.2.3. HF tags are most popular and are no longer limited to one meter range
  • 3.2.4. Printed RFID
• 3.3. Cleverer infrastructure and software
  • 3.3.1. Multiprotocol, multifrequency intelligent interrogators
  • 3.3.2. RFID with or on GSM, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, DSRC, UWB, Zigbee
• 3.4. Cost reduction of tags and infrastructure
  • 3.4.1. Tags
  • 3.4.2. Infrastructure, software and support
  • 3.4.3. RFID and Real Time Location Systems (RTLS)

4. RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW CAPABILITY AND INITIATIVES

• 4.1. Passenger processing - cards instead of tickets?
• 4.2. Baggage handling and the Simplifying the Business program
• 4.3. European Aviation Safety Agency
• 4.4. Border crossing
• 4.5. Ubiquitous Sensor Networks - developments in Korea, Japan and USA
• 4.6. E-passports and visas
  • 4.6.1. Privacy concerns and delays resulting
  • 4.6.2. Benefits of e-passports to airports
  • 4.6.3. Airlines are a weak link
  • 4.6.4. Simplifying travel
  • 4.6.5. Orders placed
  • 4.6.6. Interesting questions for the future
• 4.7. Integrity of RFID security in cards, passports, visas
  • 4.7.1. Security of RFID smart cards - the general debate
  • 4.7.2. Encryption
  • 4.7.3. At least as secure as contact cards
  • 4.7.4. Fewer ways in for the criminal
  • 4.7.5. Invasive attacks a concern
  • 4.7.6. Opinion of Cryptography Research
  • 4.7.7. Minority opinions
• 4.8. Holistic view of airports needed

5. CASE STUDIES OF RFID IN AIRPORTS

• 5.1. Baggage
  • 5.1.1. Las Vegas McCarran International Airport, baggage, USA
  • 5.1.2. Malpensa Airport, baggage, Italy
  • 5.1.3. Seattle Airport SeaTac Terminal, baggage USA
  • 5.1.4. Asiana Airlines, baggage tracking and monitoring, Korea
  • 5.1.5. Auto-ID Laboratory air baggage Hong Kong/ US
  • 5.1.6. KLM and Air France, baggage, The Netherlands, France, Japan
  • 5.1.7. Delta Airlines/Jacksonville Airport Authority baggage, USA
  • 5.1.8. Heathrow International Airport baggage collection, UK
  • 5.1.9. Helsinki Vantaa International Airport, baggage, Finland
  • 5.1.10. Hong Kong International Airport, baggage tracking, China
  • 5.1.11. KLM Airline, baggage, The Netherlands
  • 5.1.12. Korea Airports Corporation, Incheon, Gimpo and Haneda Airports baggage tracking, Korea
  • 5.1.13. Lan Chile Airlines, baggage, Chile
  • 5.1.14. Savarnabhumi Airport, baggage, Thailand
  • 5.1.15. Singapore Airlines baggage, Singapore
  • 5.1.16. Narita Airport, baggage tags HF, Japan
  • 5.1.17. Narita International Airport, Tokyo Japan, air baggage, UHF, Japan
  • 5.1.18. San Francisco International Airport, baggage USA
• 5.2. Vehicles and trailers - buses, taxis, cars, GSE etc
  • 5.2.1. Vantaa Airport taxis, Finland
  • 5.2.2. BAA, taxis at Heathrow International Airport Steria System, UK
  • 5.2.3. BAA taxis at Heathrow International Airport, original TransCore system UK
  • 5.2.4. Charles de Gaulle Airport taxis, original system France
  • 5.2.5. Arlanda Airport, employee vehicle parking, Sweden
  • 5.2.6. Dallas Fort Worth Airport International Highway vehicle tolling, USA
  • 5.2.7. Dallas Fort Worth Airport vehicle tolling USA
  • 5.2.8. Delta Airlines, GSE vehicles, USA
  • 5.2.9. Heathrow Airport, GSE vehicle access control, UK
  • 5.2.10. John Wayne Airport, ground traffic USA
  • 5.2.11. Los Angeles and Orange County Airports road tolling, USA
  • 5.2.12. Newark Liberty International Airport, Vehicles, USA
  • 5.2.13. Zurich International Airport baggage wagons, Switzerland
  • 5.2.14. Vienna International Airport GSE vehicles, Austria
• 5.3. Conveyances - ULDs, trolleys etc
  • 5.3.1. Hong Kong International Airport, food trolley hangers, China
  • 5.3.2. Sepang Airport, food trolleys, Malaysia
  • 5.3.3. KLM food trolleys, Holland
  • 5.3.4. Air Canada, tracking trolleys, Canada
  • 5.3.5. Envirotainer air cargo, Europe
  • 5.3.6. Arlanda Airport baggage pallets, Sweden
  • 5.3.7. TNT Express, air containers, Europe
  • 5.3.8. Dubai International Airport, luggage trolleys, Dubai
• 5.4. Cards, tickets, badges, assets
  • 5.4.1. Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field Airport, access control, USA
  • 5.4.2. Finnair check-in card, Finland
  • 5.4.3. Frankfurt International Airport, assets requiring maintenance, Germany
  • 5.4.4. IATA Airlines, E- ticketing project, worldwide
  • 5.4.5. Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport parking card, USA
  • 5.4.6. Lufthansa frequent flyer card, Germany
  • 5.4.7. Manchester International Airport, people, UK
  • 5.4.8. Newark Liberty International Airport, Trusted Travellers' card, USA
  • 5.4.9. Schonefeld, Tegel and Templehof Airports card access, Germany
  • 5.4.10. Southwest Florida International Airport, access cards, USA
  • 5.4.11. Swissair/Sabena loyalty card, Switzerland, Belgium
• 5.5. Aircraft parts and tools
  • 5.5.1. Airbus A380 parts, Europe
  • 5.5.2. Airbus, aircraft parts in general, USA
  • 5.5.3. Boeing, aircraft parts, item level, USA
  • 5.5.4. Boeing, Real Time Locating System (RTLS), item level, USA
  • 5.5.5. Delta Airlines, aircraft parts - item level, USA
  • 5.5.6. FedEx, aircraft parts - item level, USA

6. MARKET FORECASTS 2008 - 2018

APPENDIX 1: FURTHER READING FROM IDTECHEX

APPENDIX 2: INTRODUCTION TO RFID

APPENDIX 3: EPCGLOBAL AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS

• 4.1. Forecasts for RFID tagged passports 2008-2018
• 5.1. Typical RFID requirements for air cargo
• 6.1. The spend in millions of dollars on RFID systems, including tags, immediate infrastructure, software and services exclusively for the civil air industry 2008-2018
• 6.2. Number in millions of global sales of RFID baggage tags 2008-2018
• 6.3. Unit price in cents of RFID baggage tags 2008-2018
• 6.4. The value in millions of dollars on RFID baggage tags 2008-2018
• 6.5. RFID in Airports and Airlines versus total RFID Market US$ millions
• 6.6. RFID in Airports and Airlines versus total RFID Market US$ millions

• 1.1. Distribution of RFID case studies in the civil aviation industry
• 3.1. Symbol Technology dual antenna RFID label at UHF. It is about10 centimeters across
• 3.2. UPM Raflatac "Flag tag" that pops up to look in both directions
• 3.3. KSW Microtec Taurus UHF tag with both short (controlled range) and long range antennas. It is about ten centimeters across
• 3.4. HF labels used in Maruetsu trials in Japan
• 3.5. Centre - UPM Raflatac UHF label and right - Tagsys HF label for small items, compared with a postage stamp. Both have a range of a few centimeters
• 3.6. Experimental HF printed RFID tags from Poly IC of Germany
• 4.1. What part of the problem are we solving?
• 4.2. Driving adoption
• 4.3. The potential applications and timelines for Ubiquitous Sensor Networks in Korea
• 4.4. An ASK RFID tag embedded in a passport
• 4.5. Forecasts for RFID tagged passports 2008-2018
• 5.1. McCarran International Airport
• 5.2. Current RFID insert for McCarran baggage from Symbol Technologies
• 5.3. Insertion tag coding
• 5.4. The geometry of insertion in the standard bag tag format
• 5.5. Shrouded reading area on carousel
• 5.6. Current RFID insert for Jacksonville baggage from Symbol Technologies
• 5.7. Smartag HF RFID inserts
• 5.8. Overview of ASTREC
• 5.9. Overview of the hands Free Travel trial
• 5.10. Overview of technical research
• 5.11. SCS tags from the Dura-label range. Length of tag is just 46mm
• 5.12. Card range booster unit
• 5.13. Vehicle Smartcard Reader/Keypad
• 5.14. Smartcard Programmer
• 5.15. Open flow interrogation of tagged vehicles at Los Angeles International Airport, using overhead readers
• 5.16. ID Systems units in action
• 5.17. RFID tagged baggage carrying vehicles
• 5.18. Hong Kong International Airport
• 5.19. Eureka active tag
• 5.20. Operators identify the types of trolley and their content
• 5.21. Operators identify the types of trolley and their content
• 5.22. RFID tagging from FKI Logistex
• 5.23. OTI is a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions
• 5.24. Rockwell Collins Sample Bar Coded Nameplate
• 5.25. Engine turbine blade direct part marking
• 5.26. Boeing and Airbus simplified view of Automated Identification
• 5.27. Automated identification and data capture in practice
• 5.28. Broad airline interest for this RFID program
• 5.29. RFID labels used in the trials
• 5.30. Portable data terminal used in the trials
• 5.31. Air data inertial reference unit RFID tagged in the trials
• 5.32. Flap unit duplex actuator unit RFID tagged in the trials
• 5.33. UHF RFID label used in the trials
• 5.34. AeroScout WiFi RTLS tags
• 5.35. The RFID labels used in this work
• 5.36. The RFID test bed
• 5.37. RFID annunciator control kit tagged with RFID label in the trials
• 5.38. Smoke detector RFID tagged in the trials
• 5.39. Auxiliary hydraulic pump RFID tagged in the trials
• 6.1. The spend in millions of dollars on RFID systems, including tags, immediate infrastructure, software and services exclusively for the civil air industry 2008-2018
• 6.2. Number in millions of global sales of RFID baggage tags 2008-2018
• 6.3. Unit price in cents of RFID baggage tags 2008-2018
• 6.4. The value in millions of dollars on RFID baggage tags 2008-2018
• 6.5. Percentage spend on RFID systems including tags exclusively for the civil air industry by application in 2008
• 6.6. Percentage spend on RFID systems including tags exclusively for the civil air industry by application in 2017