Using SITA Smart Path, passengers on select domestic flights with United Airlines can link their driver’s license to their facial biometric at check-in.


Using SITA Smart Path, passengers on select domestic flights with United Airlines can link their driver’s license to their facial biometric at check-in.

Narita International and Haneda International airports have announced trials of Face Express – a new boarding procedure using facial recognition technology.

Additional touchless bag drop kiosks will be installed across DFW International Airport, allowing customers to drop their bags using facial recognition.

A new fast-track passport control service that uses face and iris-recognition technologies has been launched across 122 smart gates at Dubai airports.

Delta passengers in Detroit can now use their passport number and TSA PreCheck membership as a digital ID for touchless travel through the airport.

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) has launched the first phase of its Single Token Journey initiative, which will use facial recognition technology.
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NEC discusses how biometrics technology allows passengers to move seamlessly through airports and offers contactless touchpoints in an age of changed travel requirements.

NEC explains how biometrics technology can facilitate a contactless passenger journey and form the foundation for an industry-wide transformation.

The new travel assistant allows passengers to go through the airport checkpoints without physical contact thanks to facial recognition and dedicated lanes.

A new contactless experience for passengers travelling through Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) is now live.

The new travel assistant allows passengers to go through the airport checkpoints without physical contact thanks to facial recognition and dedicated lanes.

A new contactless experience for passengers travelling through Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) is now live.

In this video interview Securiport’s Nate Carpenter, Chief Software Architect, discusses biometrics, the Epidemic Control System and the post-pandemic air transport industry.

The airport has announced the start of a biometric exit programme in partnership with CBP, in which it will test three types of screening devices for selected flights.

The app will allow passengers to use their mobile devices to identify themselves with facial biometrics, without the need to show travel documents.

Members of the Canada Border Service Agency’s NEXUS programme can make use of the BorderXpress kiosks, which feature facial recognition and RFID technology.

Japan Airlines has announced it will progressively implement self-service bag drops and facial recognition technology at Narita International Airport.

American Airlines’ customers travelling through Dallas Fort Worth International Airport can now use facial recognition to scan and verify their identity.
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