Ho-Ho-Holiday Travel Powered by Facial Recognition Technology
This holiday season passengers can expect a more joyful journey when it comes to air travel thanks to biometric technology. From check-in to boarding, facial recognition technology delivers fast, accurate identity verification to empower more secure, seamless passage.
ID verification is one of the most crucial aspects of air travel as it ensures the safety and security of passengers and staff. Traditionally, it involved multiple manual checks of paper documents, such as passports and boarding passes, at the hands of humans — leading to long queues, frustration, potential human errors and an overall negative association with travel.
But facial recognition technology is significantly improving this experience by replacing traditional ID checks with a quick, frictionless facial scan. Airport operators can now easily incorporate the power of biometrics into their travel routines to expedite passenger flow, enhance security measures and improve the overall travel experience.
A Real-World Example — Faster Verification Through Airport Pre-Security
One leading identity company is signaling the new direction for modern air travel by integrating advanced facial recognition technology into its pre-security airport kiosks. These kiosks — which incorporate HID’s advanced facial recognition camera system — have been deployed at selected airports and will roll out across the airports in North America in 2025. This progressive technology offers passengers faster, friction-free experiences at the airport (up to 5x faster verification) and provides an extra layer of security and efficiency where it matters most: in high-traffic, mission-critical environments.
Beyond the substantial benefit of time savings during the air travel journey, other advantages afforded by facial recognition technology include:
- Enhanced Security — Advanced liveness detection at the edge safeguards against potential security threats to ensure the integrity of the identity verification process
- Improved Efficiency — High-throughput edge capture technology and processing capabilities expedites passenger flow, reducing wait times and minimizing congestion at security checkpoints
- A Seamless User Experience —The frictionless nature of facial recognition provides a more convenient and enjoyable travel experience
Your Face Is Your Boarding Pass This Holiday Season!
For passengers, it begins with secure remote or onsite check-in using their face and a government-issued ID. Once enrolled, travelers glide through airport checkpoints by simply looking at a facial recognition camera to verify their identity in seconds. The journey from check-in to the boarding gate is easy, fast and friction-free.
On the airport facilities side, facial recognition optimizes resource allocation and airport/airline staff efficiency. The simple, automated ID verification system reduces the staff required at various checkpoints and removes the burden around slow, manual identity checks by speeding up the overall process while minimizing human error.
As facial recognition technology continues to evolve and airlines/airports update to modern, cutting-edge technologies, the travel experience will continue to become more streamlined, more secure and more enjoyable. With facial recognition quickly becoming the primary method of identity verification, the future of air travel looks merrier and brighter!
Discover the unique differentiators of HID’s facial recognition camera system and learn how biometrics are transforming air travel.