Delta Improves Customer Experience and Boosts Efficiency With RFID Baggage Tracking

May 14, 2017 Delta Air Lines has successfully deployed RFID technology to enable hands-free scanning of baggage throughout the handling process. Delta is the first carrier to fully integrate RFID within its operations, and tracks more than 110 million bags annually. At 84 of Delta's largest stations, readers installed at 1,500 belt loaders will interrogate each bag's tag just before it enters the belly of an airplane, flashing a green light if the bag is being l...