Passport control without airport employees: smart tunnel launched in Dubai

Who of us, being late for the plane, did not dream of going through the passport control procedure faster without tedious queues and checks. And now the dream of air travel lovers came true - a perfect passport control system called the “smart tunnel” was put into operation at the Dubai airport.

The other day, the airport of the popular resort city was replenished with an innovative system that turned the procedure for passing passport control into a short trip to the future. The principle of the system is based on biometric scanners, which reduce the time required for the procedure to 15 seconds and make the presence of airport employees unnecessary. In addition, security in the field of air transportation is also increasing, because such a system will be more difficult to trick into attackers. While the "smart tunnel" is in test mode and it can be used by passengers of business class and 1st class.

The device scans the iris of the passenger’s eye, on the basis of which the identification of the person takes place. If the verification procedure was successful, the system gives a positive signal and the passenger passes on.

The Smart Tunnel project has been under development for 4 years, and its appearance in Dubai is no coincidence. The fact is that the international passenger airport of Dubai annually takes the first lines of the rating in the list of the busiest airports in the world. The widespread introduction of smart tunnels will make the work of this air harbor more efficient, and if the test test is successful, then other airports will be happy to adopt a similar passport control system.