What are the IATA standards?

International Air Transport Association (IATA) standards have two different formats: Resolution Recommended Practice A Resolution requires a unanimous affirmative vote and creates binding agreements for all member airlines. A Recommended Practice requires a two-thirds majority vote and serves as non-binding operational guidance. IATA baggage standards are consolidated within the IATA Baggage Reference Manual (BRM) and the…

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Standards

What is IATA?

IATA – the International Air Transport Association is both the trade association for the airline industry and the governing body for airline standards. IATA was founded in Havana, Cuba in 1945 with 57 members from 31 countries. Today there are over 370 members from 120 countries. IATA sets global operational standards for safety, security and financial…

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Quickly locating individual baggage with PBTs

PBTs have two essential elements that a barcode tag does not: The ability to read at a distance and out of line of sight using RFID A simple four-character unique identifier easy to remember and confirm These are the different ways to more quickly locate a single bag to offload: Loading inventory Hong Kong Airport…

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How the LPN and BID can work together during the transition to PBTs

With the arrival of PBTs, Permanent Baggage Tags, it is necessary to have a new system to identify baggage which is unique and with no possibility of a duplication. The new baggage tag numbering system is called BID – Baggage Identification codes. The BID is designed to replace the outdated single use LPN, or License…

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RFID baggage tracking IATA Resolution 753

What is it? IATA Resolution 753 requires airlines to track checked baggage. Airlines must record the location of baggage at four key points and share data among partner airlines. Many also share this information with their passengers. How is it done? Airlines must collect and verify data at the following points when baggage custody or status changes: Check-in…

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Eight Years On: Reviewing the 2018 IATA End-to-End Baggage Business Case

In December 2018, IATA published an internal business case for end-to-end baggage tracking, recommending investment in three areas: RFID technology, modern baggage messaging standards (based on XML) and a platform to monitor compliance with Resolution 753. The objective was straightforward: deliver reliable, end-to-end baggage tracking across the industry in support of the baggage tracking requirements…

ByEditorial Team8 July 20260Comments

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What are the IATA standards?

What is IATA?

Quickly locating individual baggage with PBTs

How the LPN and BID can work together during the transition to PBTs

RFID baggage tracking IATA Resolution 753

Eight Years On: Reviewing the 2018 IATA End-to-End Baggage Business Case

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