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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UK tenders new biometric passport contract to include DTCs
The British Home Office is seeking suppliers for the delivery of end-to-end passport manufacturing and personalization. The tender includes potential…
Support for W3C Digital Credentials API, digital identity passports part of iOS 26
Of the news coming out of Apple’s WWDC25, some of the most significant for the digital identity industry involves Apple’s…
EU SafeTravellers project works to secure biometric digital travel credentials
Idemia Public Security, iProov, Vision-Box and Ubiquitous Technologies Company (Ubitech) are part of a European Union-funded project to introduce traveler…
Global airports approach replacement of passports with face biometrics
Face biometrics will replace airline check-ins and boarding passes globally, if a change proposed by the International Civil Aviation Organization…
Digital travel ID app close for EU but integration, governance questions remain
The EU needs to establish a dedicated working group of experts to ensure that the EU Digital Travel application is…
IATA advocates for rapid adoption of digital identity by air travel industry, governments
The air travel industry is always seeking more efficiency, and the case of digital identity at airports is a prime…
‘This is now, it’s not tomorrow’: with biometrics, future of seamless travel has arrived
The air travel industry has bounced back from the challenges of the pandemic, with significant reinvestment in aircraft, equipment and…
Bahrain adds digital travel credential features to national ID card
The Kingdom of Bahrain has incorporated Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology into its national ID card, making it a document…
Biometric seamless travel system from Face4 and Entrust tested by Canadian govt
The Government of Canada has selected and successfully tested a seamless travel solution utilizing facial recognition from Ottawa-based Face4 Systems….
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