Airline passengers are a couple of years away from passing through security without intrusive scans and searches that cause delays and take the joy out of flying, the head of the International Air Transport Association said Thursday.
IATA chief executive Giovanni Bisignani, a former head of Italy’s Alitalia airline, said that his vision is for “hassle-free tunnels of technology” that all passengers would pass through.
Finger prints and other biometric information from the travellers, combined with intelligence from government and airline sources, would be used to focus scrutiny on a small number of people considered to be a risk.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Air Travel: Biometric information to focus scrutiny on a small number of people
Technology will eliminate intrusive airport security searches, says IATA boss (Prince Edward Island Guardian)
