REDEFINING THE END-TO-END PASSENGER EXPERIENCE AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
FTE explores a selection of the top trends and technologies for 2023 and beyond, including automation, robotics, the metaverse, Urban Air Mobility, digital identity and more.
Philadelphia International Airport is installing facial biometric technology at 25 boarding gates to help U.S. CBP process departing passengers on international flights safely and efficiently.
iGA Istanbul Airport has started testing the Star Alliance Biometrics access system in collaboration with Turkish Airlines as part of efforts to deliver a contactless travel experience.
British Airways has launched a new six-month smart technology trial, utilising biometrics, for international flights at London Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5.
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Emirates is offering international travellers the opportunity to speed up their experience at Dubai International Airport by consenting to the use of biometric data. This will allow a touchless experience at multiple points in Terminal 3.
A TSA PreCheck enrolment initiative, provided by IDEMIA, has gone live at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, streamlining passenger processing.
SITA will develop bespoke biometric and vertiport technology, which will initially be implemented at the Skyports Cergy-Pontoise vertiport testbed in Paris, planned for completion in September 2022.
Travellers can create their secure American Airlines Mobile ID with TSA PreCheck membership, AAdvantage number, plus either a driver’s license or US passport.
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Miami International Airport has announced that it is embarking on the largest implementation of biometrics at a U.S. airport, expected to be completed in 2023.
Every step from check-in to boarding at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental and William P. Hobby airports to be transformed in major modernisation.
Hamburg Airport has become the fourth airport to adopt Start Alliance’s biometrics platform, which is available to Austrian, SWISS and Lufthansa passengers.
Passengers can now verify their identity at the airport using their state-issued mobile driver’s license or mobile identification card in Apple Wallet on iPhone or Apple Watch.
The full webinar recording from FTE’s recent webinar in partnership with Idemia on ‘Next Generation Travel through Trusted Identity & Biometric Solutions’ is now available to watch.
The new palm vein scan will allow Korean Air to check the passenger’s ID and boarding information without checking their boarding pass.
FTE talks to TSA’s Austin Gould and U.S. CBP’s Diane J. Sabatino, who discuss how the two agencies are collaborating to further accelerate biometric implementation.
In this thought-leadership piece, Jason Van Sice, Vice President of Aviation, NEC Corporation of America, discusses the increasing shift to Digital ID.
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