Australia pauses biometric boarding trial as pilots in India and Russia begin
The only operational trial of biometric facial recognition smartgates at Australia’s international airports’ arrival gates has been put on hold…
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Biometric flight boarding trialed by Air France-KLM at two U.S. airports
Air France-KLM is expanding its use of biometrics with trials at John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport and George Bush…
NEC to provide facial biometrics for customs at 6 more airports in Japan
NEC Corporation has received an order from Japan Customs for a facial recognition system to perform biometric customs checks at…
Frequent flyers in U.S. support facial recognition as airports around the world launch biometric trials
Three out of four frequent flyers in the U.S. favor the use of biometric facial recognition to identify both domestic…
New survey finds 43% support facial recognition technology in airports
This a guest post by Joe Robison, a consultant and researcher for travel search engine Reservations.com. Facial recognition technology is…
Airport biometrics launched in South Korea and Poland as U.S. oversight board weighs benefits
Biometric deployments at airports continue at a rapid pace, with deployments in South Korea and Poland, as details continue to…
WTTC salutes ICAO efforts on biometrics and urges fast implementation
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has saluted the work of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on digital…
Biometrics and other airport IT generate $1.7B in revenue for SITA
As SITA celebrates 70 years of serving the airline industry with biometrics and other information technology, the company has announced…
ITS BorderXpress kiosks trialed for EU biometric Entry/Exit System
Four facial recognition BorderXpress kiosks from Innovative Travel Solutions (ITS) by Vancouver International Airport (YVR) have been implemented at Keflavik…
Facial biometrics deployed to more airports as surveys indicate growing support
Public acceptance of biometric facial recognition technology seems to be increasing, and aviation stakeholders are forging ahead with public deployments….
