Air travel industry’s $50B investment in biometrics and other IT improves passenger satisfaction
The air travel industry is finally making significant headway on improving customer satisfaction levels and average processing time, and it…
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Chris Burt is managing editor and industry analyst at Biometric Update. He has also written nonfiction about information technology, dramatic arts, sports culture, and fantasy basketball, as well as fiction about a doomed astronaut. He lives in Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter @AFakeChrisBurt.
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