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SITA
SITA is the world’s leading specialist in air transport communication and information technology. SITA helps to make the end-to-end journey easier and safer for passengers from pre-travel, check-in and baggage processing, boarding, border control and inflight connectivity. SITA works with over 400 air transport industry members and 2,500 customers in over 200 countries, including airlines, airports, ground handlers, aircraft, air navigation service providers, and government.
SITA Biometrics News
Spirit Airlines and SITA talk biometrics for air travel reopening, Houston and Hawaii announce deployments
As the aviation industry seeks a way to restart safely and win the confidence of the traveling public, Spirit Airlines…
| Jun 4, 2020 | Zwipe, Sita, ACM announce leadership changesEffective June 2, 2020, Zwipe has appointed Oslo-based Bishwajit Choudhary as Executive Vice President Strategy & Channels to lead business… |
| May 20, 2020 | Sita becomes Premier Donor of Sovrin Foundation to boost self-sovereign identity adoptionSita has doubled down on the Sovrin Foundation, becoming a Premier Donor to the international non-profit focused on advancing self-sovereign… |
| May 19, 2020 | Aviation industry stakeholders and biometrics partners consider way forward as TSA pilots fever checksAirports and airlines developing their own biometric systems could duplicate systems unnecessarily and create barriers to integration, according to an… |
| May 8, 2020 | Airports and biometrics providers work towards relaunch with contactless “new normal”Melbourne-area Avalon Airport has expanded its partnership with Elenium Automation to implement the company’s full suite of biometrics and other technology… |
| Jan 29, 2020 | Malaysia Airlines pilots Sita’s single-token biometric systemMalaysia Airlines has rolled out Sita’s Smart Path Solution, a single-token biometric system for the full airport traveller journey, after… |
| Jan 15, 2020 | Philadelphia Airport starts biometric exit screening projectPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL) is rolling out on January 21 a 45-day biometric screening trial project at three international gates… |
| Jan 13, 2020 | Airport biometrics predications, deployments, upgrades and plans for future servicesBiometrics is one of Future Travel Experience’s “12 technology trends for airlines and airports to focus on in 2020,” having… |
| Nov 29, 2019 | Biometrics to drive airports security market growth as China invests and new deployments announcedBiometric systems are expected to lead the market for airport security systems in growth over the next five years, as… |
| Nov 27, 2019 | Facial recognition arriving in Seattle and Delhi airports, Iberia mobile app, Sita talks biometric data sharingSeattle-Tacoma International Airport will join the ranks of Biometric Exit points under U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP’s) traveller facial… |
| Nov 7, 2019 | Air travel industry’s $50B investment in biometrics and other IT improves passenger satisfactionThe air travel industry is finally making significant headway on improving customer satisfaction levels and average processing time, and it… |
| Oct 31, 2019 | Sita to launch single-token biometric system at Malaysian airports as data sharing startup Zamna raises $5MSita will introduce a single-token biometric system for the full airport traveller journey at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in collaboration… |
| Sep 23, 2019 | WTTC and Sita encourage collaboration for unified biometric travel as systems expandThe World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) wants to bring the sector together to develop a single biometric identifier for… |
| Sep 16, 2019 | Details on Gatwick airport biometrics deployment emerge as Algeria and Pune announce plansGatwick Airport is planning to extend its biometric facial recognition checks to eight more departure gates following the planned extension… |
| Sep 4, 2019 | Panasonic to supply biometric ABC gates for Japan airports as FTE Global 2019 kicks offPanasonic Corporation is providing more of its biometric facial recognition gates to new airports in Japan for use in new… |
| Aug 21, 2019 | SITA and Malaysia Airports to collaborate on digital airport initiativeMalaysia Airports and SITA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore joint opportunities and collaborative innovation for Malaysia… |
| Aug 16, 2019 | Facial recognition for travel and onboarding top this week’s biometrics and digital ID newsStories on biometrics use cases from flight boarding to onboarding, and surveillance to aid delivery made up the most-read news… |
| Aug 9, 2019 | SITA says aviation industry on board with biometrics for single travel tokenThe air travel industry is working together toward a common goal of enabling all commercial air travel processes with a… |
| Jun 26, 2019 | Biometrics and other airport IT generate $1.7B in revenue for SITAAs SITA celebrates 70 years of serving the airline industry with biometrics and other information technology, the company has announced… |
| Jun 20, 2019 | 2019 Women in Biometrics Awards winners announcedThe 2019 Women in Biometrics Awards have been announced, with four leaders in the biometric identity and security industry being… |
