Lufthansa starts using biometric boarding at a fourth U.S. airport, more to come at other airports throughout United States.
Read MoreLufthansa expands biometric boarding to New York JFK’s Terminal 1
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JFK Airport Terminal One Group to roll out biometric boarding
Will use facial recognition eGates from Vision-Box
Read MoreAmerican Airlines trials biometric boarding at LAX
Pilot program at LAX for 90 days
Read MoreAirAsia starts boarding with facial recognition at Senai
The airport has 1 enrollment kiosk and 3 boarding gates
Read MoreBritish Airways trials biometric boarding at Los Angeles
Biometric eGates from Vision-box use facial recognition for simpler boarding
Read MoreChangi Airport’s self-service Terminal 4 starts operations
New terminal features 50 self bag drops from ICM
Read MoreDelta to test facial biometrics for boarding and border control
Tests at 1 ATL gate and 2 at JFK
Read MoreJetBlue to trial self-boarding using facial recognition
Trial on flights from Boston to Aruba
Read MoreBritish Airways starts biometric boarding at Heathrow T5
But it adds more time and complexity for passengers
Read MoreBrisbane trials biometrics from check-in to boarding
Air New Zealand passengers are the first to use the trial
Read MoreManila Airport to overhaul passenger processing systems
Includes check-in kiosks, self bag drop and self boarding
Read MoreMelbourne trials self-boarding
Three month trial to be evaluated
Read MoreBoarding with an NFC implant
Experiment shows how implanted NFC chip could be used.
Read MoreSwedavia signs general agreement with Gunnebo
Will work together on self-service security checks and boarding
Read MoreMorpho to make boarding as easy as a phone call
eID system combines smartphone, biometric and NFC technology.
Read MoreGatwick to trial self-boarding by iris recognition
Gatwick Airport is to trial an automated self-service boarding system using iris recognition technology.
Read MoreNew boarding gates at LAX
LAX unveiled the opening of three boarding gates at the new Tom Bradley International Terminal, two of which are designed to handle the largest commercial jetliners.
Read MoreBiometric self boarding trial at Heathrow
Heathrow passengers are the first in the world to use an innovative technology as part of the airport’s drive to further improve the passenger experience.
Read MoreDo some business travellers need better inflight WiFi or common sense?
Most airlines and airports now offer a variety of mobile services but a survey of over 600 business passengers shows they want more help. Key points of the survey are: Mobile, day-of-travel notifications are critical for business passengers. Flight status, upgrade availability and boarding alerts are wanted on mobiles. Airport and onboard wifi is unreliable, limited and frustrating. Only 28% are happy with in-flight WiFi and 32% with WiFi in airports. Business passengers want mobile boarding capabilities. More than 80 percent of business passengers who haven’t yet had access to…
Read MoreMobile boarding pass launched by Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia announced the Virgin Australia Flight Specials app for iPhone and ‘mobile boarding passes’ across all mainline ports for domestic travel .
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