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Airlines will use the same sys- lead to global standards and a
tem at gates for one final pas- universal biometric.
biometric .
senger ID verification before
Today’s choke points will be
boarding an airplane.
largely eliminated.
As of summer 2018, there were
2,500 operational automated The airport experience will be-
passport control kiosks being come frictionless.
used in the U.S., Canada, the Ca- For more information on how iris
ribbean, the Middle East, Europe recognition systems are being
and the Pacific.
used for air travel, national ID
That number is expected to near- programs, mobile identification
control , time
ly double by the end of this year. solutions, border control,
and attendance,
attendance , and access con-
Additional installations soon will trol
trol, , visit the Iris ID website
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