U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers identified two Cameroon women as impostors at Washington-Dulles International Airport, with the help of biometric facial comparison technology. Keep Reading
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and United Airlines have become the first in the United States to trial a low-touch, biometric-enabled airport experience from check-in to boarding for domestic travelers on select flights. Keep Reading
NEC Corporation has announced that Japan’s Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport will commence trials for Face Express, a new boarding procedure for international departure flights using facial recognition technology, this April. Keep Reading
Airports Council International (ACI) World has found that airports have accelerated investments in technology to aid in recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Keep Reading
The technology compares a passenger’s live photo against a pre-staged gallery of photos that consenting passengers provided previously to the federal government for travel purposes, including passports, visas, CBP’s eGlobal Entry, and prior encounters. Keep Reading
The proposed project uses biometrics to identify passengers using mobile devices. It aims to provide a smooth airport experience while drastically reducing physical contact, to further enhance the safety of all airport procedures. Keep Reading
Flex will be delivered with SITA Smart Path kiosks enabling a low-touch mobile and biometric-enabled check-in experience. Keep Reading
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
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 Airports Authority contracted Vision-Box to deploy six of its newest generation eGates with biometric facial clearance for the NEXUS Program. Keep Reading
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
The strategy encompasses the deployment of Biometric Exit, Global Entry Modernization, and the groundwork for implementing the Simplified Arrival program. Keep Reading
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
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, 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
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
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 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
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
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