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The International Air Transport Association is a trade association of the world’s airlines founded in 1945. IATA represents and serves airlines with advocacy and global standards for safety, security, efficiency and more.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) Biometrics News
American rolls out Daon health passport, digital ID from Evernym and IATA chosen by major airlines
American Airlines has introduced a biometric health passport to streamline travel requirements for all passengers travelling to the United States…
| Dec 18, 2020 | COVID-19 and the lasting shift to contactless ID verificationBy Alex Andrade-Walz, Director of Marketing at Evernym. The process of proving one’s identity in a physical context almost always… |
| Dec 16, 2020 | Certification and audit framework for face biometrics in aviation pitched by World Economic ForumThe World Economic Forum has launched a toolkit and certification framework that it says has been shown in testing to… |
| Nov 26, 2020 | Idemia demonstrates biometric Digital Travel Credentials with airline partner at ICAO eventIdemia demonstrated what it calls a breakthrough innovation with its Digital Travel Credentials (DTC), enabling passengers to speed through all airport… |
| Nov 25, 2020 | Biometric health passports discussed by tech firms and governments as COVID-19 vaccine approachesImmunity passports are currently being considered in Chile, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and the U.S., according to Zac Cohen, Chief… |
| Nov 24, 2020 | IATA plans trial of biometric health travel pass to ease border reopeningsThe International Air Transport Association (IATA) says it will, at the end of this year, begin trial for a digital… |
| Aug 5, 2020 | Palm biometrics coming to South Korea’s Jeju International Airport, planned for every serviceSouth Korea’s Jeju International Airport will implement palm biometric authentication to support the One ID initiative for seamless and contactless… |
| Jul 29, 2020 | Airport biometrics experts discuss facial recognition and touchless processes in air travelThe role of biometric facial recognition in the near and longer-term future of the aviation industry has been discussed recently… |
| Jul 24, 2020 | Biometric digital health credentials for NHL and London theatre, Privacy International warns of risksAs biometrics and other digital identity technologies are deployed to enable big league sports to resume operations, National Hockey League… |
| Jun 4, 2020 | WTTC calls for accelerated biometrics implementation among measures for safe air travel reopeningAccelerating the implementation of biometrics, along with automation and contactless touchpoints is one of many recommendations from a major industry… |
| 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… |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Idemia brings government experience to accelerating airport biometrics deploymentsIn the rapidly evolving airports and borders space, all stakeholders have become convinced of the value of biometrics to balance… |
| Oct 16, 2019 | IATA calls for regulation to support aviation biometrics as Star Alliance plans new processesAs the International Air Transport Association (IATA) carries out its biometric One ID initiative, the next priority is to ensure… |
| Jun 13, 2019 | Airport biometrics adoption itinerary explored by diverse stakeholdersIt has been almost 20 years since the late Max Snijder led the deployment of iris biometrics at Schiphol Airport… |
| Jun 4, 2019 | WTTC’s Guevara calls biometrics “the future of travel” and regrets no single solutionAfter missing the opportunity for a single biometric solution, the aviation industry needs to support the International Air Transport Authority’s… |
| Jun 3, 2019 | IATA unanimously resolves to speed adoption of One ID for biometric air travelThe International Air Transport Association (IATA) will work to accelerate the adoption of a single biometric identifier through its One… |
| May 31, 2019 | Airport biometric deployments continue, but not fast enough for IATAThe International Air Transport Association (IATA) will propose a resolution at its annual general meeting to accelerate the implementation of… |
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) Industry Insights
Cross border seamless travel is closer than you think, but data rules need to catch up
Louise Cairney, IATA Head of Customer Experience and Facilitation Picture this: no passport to dig out, no boarding pass to…
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Brand Focus: The International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Idemia brings government experience to accelerating airport biometrics deployments
In the rapidly evolving airports and borders space, all stakeholders have become convinced of the value of biometrics to balance…
