Biometric boarding now at Dallas Fort Worth with Emirates
Facial recognition is now an option for passengers on Emirates daily flight from Dallas Fort Worth to Dubai. The biometric technology provides a moRead More…
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Delta expands use of facial recognition for boarding
Delta Air Lines, in partnership with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), is introducing biometric boarding at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta InternaRead More…
Orlando Airport chooses SITA to implement 100% biometric exit
The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) has chosed SITA as the technology partner for biometric exit at Orlando International Airport. PassenRead More…
Lufthansa begins biometric boarding at LAX
Lufthansa is planning to expand the use of biometric boarding at U.S. airports following a successful trial at Los Angeles. The trial uses facial rRead More…
South Korean airports to use biometric identification for domestic flights
Two airports in South Korea are introducing biometric identification systems for Korean passengers on domestic flights. At the moment domestic passRead More…
Lufthansa makes SmartDepart permanent from Munich Terminal 2
Lufthansa is making its SmartDepart service for some flight leaving Munich Terminal 2 a permanent feature. The service aims to shorten the tiRead More…
British Airways trials biometric boarding at Los Angeles
British Airways has become the first airline to trial self-service biometric boarding gates on international flights out of the USA. The airline isRead More…
Delta trials fingerprint biometric boarding at Washington National
Delta passengers at Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) now can use fingerprints instead of their boarding pass to board any Delta aircraft. Read More…
Lufthansa to trial faster boarding at Munich
Lufthansa is to trial a new service at Munich that allows domestic passengers to arrive at the departure gate later than normal. CalledRead More…
China Southern introduces biometric boarding in Henan
China Southern Airlines is the first airline in China to introduce biometric boarding. The airline started using facial recognition instead of a boRead More…
Bengaluru airport completes successful biometric boarding trial
Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru (BLR) has completed an operational trial of a biometric enabled boarding process. Southern India’s Read More…
KLM and Schiphol trial biometric boarding
Schiphol Airport and KLM have started a test of biometric boarding. Using biometric boarding means that facial recognition is used to identify thRead More…
E-boarding launched at Hyderabad
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad is the first airport in India to introduce e-boarding for domestic passengers. With e-boarding, pasRead More…
British Airways reduces hand luggage allowance
British Airways is reducing the amount of hand luggage each passenger can take on board. The carrier also announced changes to the boarding procesRead More…
Air France NFC boarding pass trial at Toulouse
Air France, Orange, SITA, Toulouse-Blagnac Airport and RESA have teamed up for a trial of Near Field Communications (NFC) technology. Over the next sRead More…
United revamps boarding area at SFO
United Airlines and its partners at San Francisco International Airport are preparing to open the newly renovated Boarding Area E in Terminal 3, wRead More…
Passbook Mobile Boarding Pass on Cathay
Cathay and Dragonair have made travel easier by making their Mobile Boarding Pass accessible through Passbook on iOS. Passbook lets passengers Read More…
Morpho to make boarding as easy as a phone call
At this year’s Vodafone Innovation Days, Morpho unveiled the “My ID, My Life” demonstration. The eID-based breakthrough combines smartphone, bioRead More…
Mobile boarding pass scanning and boarding at all United domestic airports
United Airlines (UA) announced plans to make mobile boarding pass scanning available at all of the more than 220 domestic airports it serves by the faRead More…
Think boarding is a hassle. Want to board early? $40 on Southwest
Want to board early? Southwest will let you be among the first 15 passengers to board for $40. The add-on fee trend among airlines continues as SouRead More…