The US-based carrier has rolled out its radio frequency identification technology on luggage labels attached to bags for flights between London Heathrow and the States for the first time ever.

Delta already uses the technology for flights in the US and is now rolling it out to its transatlantic flights to and from London Heathow to the US

Delta launches high-tech luggage labels on Heathrow flights that allow you to track the exact location of your bags from your PHONE

  • Delta is rolling out RFID technology for luggage labels to flights from Heathrow 
  • Microchips are embedded in labels that are scanned by antenna in the airport
  • This data can then be used to transmit the location of the luggage to passengers
  • They can check where their bags are by using a map on their mobile phone 

A niggling doubt that your bag won’t arrive at your destination is part and parcel of taking a plane for your holiday.

But one airline is offering its passengers the chance to consign this niggling doubt to history.

Delta is rolling out RFID microchips – in a $50million (£35million) project – that are embedded in luggage labels that enable passengers, using the airline’s app, to track their luggage onto the plane and onto the luggage carousel at the other end.

Source: Delta app allows Heathrow passengers to track their bags | Daily Mail Online