The Future of Travel and Digital Identity at Airports
While biometrics and the management of passenger digital identity in an airport environment are by no means new concepts, the way in which they apply to the industry is quickly evolving.
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented the aviation industry with unprecedented challenges and the enormous financial pressures accelerated the push towards the use of digital identity and biometrics to mitigate some of the risk of COVID-19 transmission.
This report, developed by the ACI World Facilitation and Services Standing Committee:
- Acknowledges the critical period during which the aviation industry finds itself
- Looks at the importance placed on digital identity and biometrics in the future of travel
- Enables airport leaders to have meaningful discussions about digital identity