Smart Airline Baggage Tracking and Theft Prevention with Blockchain Technology

Abstract

Reduction of baggage mishandling is one of the prioritized activities of IATA based on its resolution 753. According to IATA?s resolution, all 250 member airlines must adopt smart technologies through, IoT, Cloud and blockchain to reduce baggage mishandling. This paper makes a novel attempt to design a system which couples RFID tags with management reporting systems to help improve baggage performance. The connection between various airports is considered to be a potential bottleneck in terms of implementation of any framework within the airport operation. Blockchain technology is said ease out and relieves the difficulties experienced in implementation of luggage handling and management systems over the cloud. Blockchain technology is used to store and process luggage data in an effective and transparent manner. This paper devised a framework that will allow any passenger to track their luggage in a live manner over the cloud from any part of the cloud at any time. This is made possible by the application of block chain technology over the public cloud space.