Travellers will no longer be required to carry travel documents or interact with staff at the Abu Dhabi Airports with the launch of the Biometric Smart Travel project.
The project will offer automated traveller registration service, self-service baggage delivery, and facial recognition verification at e-gates and boarding gates.
Abu Dhabi Airports said that the project will be rolled out in three phases, to ensure complete integration with biometric authentication systems across all security and operations touchpoints at the airport.
The project will utilise data from the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs, and Port Security to automatically authenticate traveller's biometric technology.
"The Biometric Smart Travel project aims to enhance the travel experience at Zayed International Airport, ensuring high levels of security and safety. The project reduces the time to serve travellers from 25 seconds to just seven seconds, integrating ticket and travel document verification into a single process and alleviating the burden on human resources by relying on smart gates for identity verification," said Saeed Saif Al Khaili, general director at the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs, and Port Security.
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