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With nearly all airlines saying they want to implement biometrics at their airport service centers, there's money in helping them make that happen.
Amadeus envisions a future where its facial-recognition technology could be used throughout a passenger’s journey at the airport: check-in, bag drop and tracking, boarding, border control, and more.
That would allow pre-verified passengers to more freely flow through corridors without needing people to manually check documents.
Making that a reality was a key factor behind the company’s move to acquire Vision-Box for $348 million.
The company needs to be able to deploy tech at border control checkpoints. Amadeus already has biometrics tech deployed in some airport lobbies and boarding gates, but the tech needs to cover the full air travel journey in order to be seamless.
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