Simplified Arrival Now at LAX
Simplified Arrival is an enhanced international arrival process that uses facial biometrics to automate the manual document checks that are already required for admission into the United States. Keep Reading
San Francisco International Becomes Latest Airport to Adopt CBP Simplified Arrivals
Simplified Arrival is a facial comparison technology operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which automates the process of matching international arriving passengers with their travel documents. Keep Reading
Winnipeg International Airport Launches eGates for NEXUS Travelers
Winnipeg Airports Authority contracted Vision-Box to deploy six of its newest generation eGates with biometric facial clearance for the NEXUS Program. Keep Reading
CBP Should Address Facial Recognition System Performance and Privacy Issues, GAO Says
CBP has so far deployed facial recognition technology to 27 airports to confirm travelers' identities as they depart the United States and is in the early stages of assessing the technology for use at sea and land ports of entry. Keep Reading
CBP Announces Expanded Biometric Strategy at LAX
The strategy encompasses the deployment of Biometric Exit, Global Entry Modernization, and the groundwork for implementing the Simplified Arrival program. Keep Reading
SITA Announces Large-Scale Biometric Deployment at Beijing Capital International Airport
SITA has announced its most extensive biometric deployment to date with a new completely contactless experience for passengers traveling through Beijing Capital International Airport. Keep Reading
NEC and SITA Team to Provide Walk-Through Airport Security
The partnership comes as airports and airlines increasingly look to low-touch and automated passenger processing in order to comply with new hygiene requirements following the global COVID-19 pandemic. Keep Reading
Iris ID to Provide Biometric Readers to Securiport
Iris ID, a provider of iris recognition technology, has entered into an agreement to provide its contactless IrisAccess biometric readers to Securiport, a provider of airport security and border management technologies. Keep Reading
Facing Facts: Will Concerns About Biometrics Pose a Threat to Transportation Security?
The concern is that the kickback against facial recognition for law enforcement will spread to travel. Biometrics is such an inherent part of international travel infrastructure that omitting it would likely cause widespread security and logistics issues. Keep Reading
Malaysia Airports Pilots Single-Token Biometric Journey at Kuala Lumpur International
The single-token biometric ID approach no longer requires checking of any physical identity at the various multiple checkpoints because all data have been disseminated to all relevant parties such as the airlines, immigration and customs. Keep Reading
Philadelphia International Airport Pilots Three Biometric Screening Technologies
Philadelphia International Airport will implement a 45-day pilot of biometric screening technologies at three international gates to help U.S. Customs and Border Protection process departing passengers. Keep Reading
Alclear and Telos Join Idemia as TSA PreCheck Vendors
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced that TSA PreCheck enrollment services will now be provided by Alclear, LLC; Telos Identity Management Solutions, LLC; and Idemia Identity & Security USA, LLC. Keep Reading
Chinese Airports Invest in Biometrics, AI and Blockchain
Today, 27% of Chinese airports have self-boarding gates using biometrics with travel documents but in just three years this will jump to 66%. And more than half of the airports have plans for secure single biometric tokens for all touch points by 2022. Keep Reading
Auckland Airport Launches Pre-security eGates
From December 2, international travelers will pass through 12 new eGates that will scan boarding passes and grant access to security areas. Keep Reading
Seattle to Replace Air and Sea Travel Documents with Facial Recognition by 2021
Feedback from two study sessions is helping to shape a motion to ensure proper safeguards when biometric technology is used on travelers and visitors at its facilities. The Port of Seattle Commission will consider the motion at its December 10, 2019 public meeting. Keep Reading
Unisys Launches New Cloud-Based Offering for Secure Biometric Identity Management
Stealth(identity) SaaS will support multiple forms of biometric authentication technologies, including facial recognition as well as behavioral biometrics, with the ability to integrate new biometric modalities in the future. Keep Reading
ITS Develops Next Generation Biometric Solution for NEXUS
Innovative Travel Solutions (ITS) by Vancouver International Airport has reconfigured its line of self-service, biometric-enabled kiosks to meet the requirements of the Canada Border Service Agency’s (CBSA) modernized NEXUS program. Keep Reading
Narita Airport Steps Up Security Ahead of 2020 Olympics
In line with the International Air Transport Association’s One ID initiative, Japan Airlines will implement facial recognition technology that negates the need to present documents. Keep Reading
IATA Wants Government and Industry to Work Together on Airport Biometrics, Bag Tracking
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on governments and industry to work together to make the best use of modern technology to provide a 'passenger first' approach to airport security. Keep Reading
JFK’s Terminal 1 Begins Biometric Boarding
Vision-Box and Terminal One Group Association (TOGA) have partnered to launch biometric boarding at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 1. Keep Reading