The check-in, boarding and on-time departure processes at Beirut Airport have been enhanced with SITA’s Departure Control Services.
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Find out more >>The check-in, boarding and on-time departure processes at Beirut Airport have been enhanced with SITA’s Departure Control Services.
According to the airport it is the first in the world to develop the unique wayfinding facility, which allows passengers to visualise their journey through the airport on a mobile phone or computer.
Implementation of a countrywide electronic border management system, based on biometric authentication, is part of the eGhana project to enhance security at airports across the country.
Hawaiian Airlines passengers at Honolulu Airport can now self-check and weigh their own baggage when they print their boarding passes
Brussels Airport and Brussels Airlines have launched a pilot project that will allow passengers on intra-European flights to check-in their own baggage.Â
Automated facial recognition technology will eliminate the need for passengers to stop and provide ID, allowing them to smoothly proceed through the airport.
Vanderlande will supply state-of-the-art baggage handling equipment to Guarulhos, Brazil’s busiest airport, ahead of the World Cup in 2014.
London Heathrow Airport is partnering with South African Airways on a self-boarding trial, using biometric data for more efficient boarding.
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Following FTE’s look last week at the future of communications as envisaged by Exicon, mobile specialist SITA provides an insight into the current state, and future course, of the mobile passenger experience.
With 74% of travellers now owning smartphones, FTE talks to Exicon about the future of mobile solutions both up in the air and on the ground.
Five of Egypt’s largest airports are soon to have IATA CUPPS standard common-use passenger systems, courtesy of ARINC.
Three cutting-edge aircraft boarding gates have been unveiled at LAX, equipped with laser-based docking systems and free WiFi for passengers.
Human Recognition Systems has successfully trialled its passenger experience of the future at Gatwick Airport, using biometric technology and a specially developed app to create a personalised airport journey.
The passenger experience of the future is one that is personalised, portable and full of flexibility says IATA’s Head of Passenger Experience Paul Behan, who gave FTE his insight into the airport journey of 2020 ahead of his participation in FTE Asia 2013 in May.
New York’s JFK Airport is to be the location of Airspace Lounge’s third facility, offering luxury and comfort to passengers for a one-off fee.
Finavia reports that the number of travellers using the free WiFi access at Helsinki Airport has increased massively in the last 12 months.
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