Milestone
• March 2003
New Tokyo International Airport Authority (currently Narita International Airport Corporation) established the first organizing committee.
• July 2003
ASTREC was established with 58 corporate members.
• August 2003
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport approved the Consortium.
• March 2004
Start of testing and trial.
1) Hands-free Travel by using JAL & ANA flights (2004.3-2004.8)
2) RFID e-Tag Recognition Technology by using JAL, ANA & KLM flight(2004.4-2004.9)
3) Japan-US(TSA) UHF RFID Tag Compatibility by using ANA flights (2004.4-2004.5)
• April 2005
Affiliate to International Air Transportation Association(IATA) Partnership Programme (RFID Baggage Tag)
• 28Nov-16Dec2005,27Feb-02Mar2006
e-Tag Trial for Airline Baggage Kansai-Hong Kong
• April 2006
Membership consists of 46 corporations, 2 honorary members and 4 associate members.
