FTE took a tour of London Stansted Airport to find out how the £260 million transformation project is helping to improve the passenger experience.


FTE took a tour of London Stansted Airport to find out how the £260 million transformation project is helping to improve the passenger experience.

A total of 62 e-gates, which make use of face, iris and fingerprint recognition technology, have been installed at Doha’s Hamad International Airport.

São Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport has started testing immigration e-gates ahead of a permanent installation in Terminals 2 and 3 in August.
Aruba Airport will be the test-bed for the forward-thinking ‘Happy Flow’ pilot, in which biometrics will be used as the main passenger token at all touch-points.

Australian Customs and Border Protection has launched a trial to extend the SmartGate automated border control solution to Singapore nationals arriving in Australia.
The Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service has installed 35 of Vision-Box’s document readers to unify the manual and automated border control processes at Lisbon Airport.
FTE paid a visit to Gatwick Airport, where CIO Michael Ibbitson showed us how next-generation technology is being used to improve the baggage, security and immigration processes.
A new pilot at Dublin Airport allows certain arriving passengers to use self-service immigration through automated border control gates.
Passengers departing from the London airport will now use cutting-edge boarding pass-reading technology to enter the security screening area, as part of Stansted’s drive to improve the passenger experience.
San Antonio Airport is set to become the sixth US airport to install CLEAR kiosks to streamline the security process.
Passengers departing from the London airport will now use cutting-edge boarding pass-reading technology to enter the security screening area, as part of Stansted’s drive to improve the passenger experience.
San Antonio Airport is set to become the sixth US airport to install CLEAR kiosks to streamline the security process.
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.
London Heathrow Airport is partnering with South African Airways on a self-boarding trial, using biometric data for more efficient boarding.
Copenhagen Airport has this week introduced automated boarding pass scanners to increase both customer satisfaction and capacity.
ANA Aeroportos de Portugal has partnered with Vision-Box to install access control security checkpoint eGates in Terminal 1 at Lisbon Airport. The e-gates enable the automation of passenger control by validating their boarding pass – either paper or electronic.
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service’s Robyn Miller spoke to FTE about SmartGate’s US Global Entry trial and the future plans for the project.
Riga International Airport has installed security e-gates at the entrance to the border control area to reduce queuing times and improve passenger handling.
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