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The Transportation Security Administration – an exhibitor at FTE Global, the “CES of Aviation” taking place in Los Angeles on 28-30 October 2024 – has installed new Credential Authentication Technology at ROA.
Abu Dhabi Airports has partnered with the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs, and Port Security to introduce a biometric Smart Travel project at Zayed International Airport.
Berlin Brandenburg Airport is offering passengers an additional digital service: BER Biometrics means all travellers can now use various stations when departing from Terminal 1 via facial recognition.
SEA Milan Airports has implemented FaceBoarding at Linate, allowing travellers to check-in and board using biometric facial recognition. ITA Airways and SAS are the first airlines to join the project.
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Find out more >>Content plans: Members of the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub and the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group will convene in London for an action-packed joint members meetings, hosted by Heathrow
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Find out more >>Content plans: Join us in Dublin for APEX FTE EMEA, APEX FTE Ancillary & Retailing, and the brand-new FTE Smart Ramp & Baggage Innovation Summit – co-located to deliver the region’s most comprehensive gathering of air transport leaders.
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Find out more >>Content plans: Join us at the 20th anniversary FTE Global, the “CES of Aviation” taking place in the new location of Dallas, Texas, on 8-10 September 2026, co-located with IFSA Global EXPO. Headline Partners include Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Southwest Airlines, and Dallas Love Field Airport.
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Find out more >>Content plans: Join us for APEX FTE Expo Asia, 18-19 November 2026 – uniting the world in Singapore for the largest end-to-end passenger experience and innovation expo.
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KLM, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and IDEMIA are among the stakeholders collaborating on a Digital Travel Credential pilot project until 31 March 2024. Digitisation makes checks faster and more efficient.
To ensure the seamless opening of The New Terminal One at New York JFK Airport in 2026, the terminal project design-build team has opened a new pre-production centre where all technology will be tested.
FTE Global 2023 included the Biometrics & Digital Identity Summit, which explored dynamic approaches to advancing digital identity, featuring MIA, United, Fraport, TSA, CBP, Star Alliance & more.
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) is to deploy IDEMIA’s Passenger Flow Facilitation solution in nine South African airports, including a border clearance process using the latest e-Gates technologies.
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Honolulu Airport has adopted the biometric-enabled SITA Smart Path to support U.S. CBP in fulfilling biometric passenger screening on exit from the U.S. and deliver a “fast and efficient experience”.
Fraport and SITA (a Platinum Sponsor of FTE APEX Asia Expo, 8-9 November 2023, Singapore) are enabling all airlines at FRA to jointly use face biometrics as identification from check-in to boarding.
Alaska Airlines’ new Mobile Verify programme, powered by Airside, enables travellers to verify their passport from home, creating “a seamless airport experience for guests travelling internationally”.
Maurice Jenkins, Chief Innovation Officer, explains Miami International Airport’s vision of transformative innovation “to create efficiencies and improve CX” and how it is embracing biometrics & digital identity.
Alaska Airlines is partnering with CLEAR – the secure identity company – with the aim of providing a friction-free travel experience with CLEAR Plus, while also accelerating the adoption of digital identity.
FTE has announced a three-part webinar series, developed in partnership with IDEMIA, on “The future of biometrics in North American travel – a safe, secure and seamless experience through advanced technology”.
Berlin Brandenburg Airport has introduced BER Traveller – a digital service for biometric access control that is now available to Lufthansa Group airlines passengers who are HON Circle Members and Senators.
Sacramento International Airport has implemented biometric boarding for international flights at select gates, using Amadeus facial recognition technology for “a secure, touchless departure process”.
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