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Emirates biometric boarding

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Emirates unveils plans for biometric tracking of passengers at Dubai

October 30, 2018October 31, 2018 PassengerSelfServiceBiometrics, Dubai, Emirates, facial recognition, Firsts

Tracks passengers using biometrics from check-in to boarding

Emirates A380 at Hamburg

Hamburg is 50th airport served by Emirates A380

October 30, 2018October 31, 2018 PassengerSelfServiceFirsts

Hamburg is the 50th airport served by Emirates A380

Virgin Australia Alexa

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Virgin Australia launches voice check-in through Amazon Alexa

October 5, 2018October 7, 2018 PassengerSelfServiceAI, Amazon Alexa, artificial intelligence, Check-in, Firsts, Virgin Australia, Virtual assistant

First airline outside North America to do so

EVA Air Boeing 787

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EVA Air receives its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner

October 3, 2018October 7, 2018 PassengerSelfServiceBoeing 787, Deliveries, EVA Air, Firsts

First of 24 Dreamliners orered by EVA

US CBP facial recognition

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Shannon installs biometrics for US preclearance

September 28, 2018October 7, 2018 PassengerSelfServiceBiometrics, facial recognition, Firsts, Shannon Airport, US Preclearance

Irish airport is first in Europe

Delta pax using facial recognition

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Delta to launch first biometric terminal in the U.S.

September 25, 2018October 7, 2018 PassengerSelfServiceAtlanta, Biometrics, CBP, facial recognition, Firsts, Tsa

Will use facial recognition end-to-end

GOL first Boeing 737 MAX 8

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GOL unveils its first Boeing 737 MAX

August 30, 2018October 7, 2018 PassengerSelfServiceBoeing 737 MAX, Firsts, GOL

First of 135 Boeing MAX aircraft

Gulf Air A320neo

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Gulf Air receives its first Airbus A320neo

August 19, 2018October 7, 2018 PassengerSelfServiceAirbus, boeing, Firsts, Gulf Air

The first of 29 Airbus A320 aircraft on order

Xiamen Airlines 1st 737 MAX

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Boeing, Xiamen Airlines Celebrate Delivery of Carrier’s First 737 MAX Jet

May 26, 2018October 7, 2018 PassengerSelfServiceboeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Firsts, Xiamen Airlines

Fast-growing Chinese carrier has doubled its fleet in less than five years; plans to double it again