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ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines has rolled out facial recognition for international travel at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport for what it calls the first biometric terminal in the United States. It's now making plans to expand the technology in Detroit.
In September, the airline announced plans to make the international terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson into a biometric terminal, including facial recognition at check-in, at the security checkpoint, at gates and at Customs.
Passengers essentially show their faces to a camera instead of showing identification or a boarding pass.
During boarding, the use of facial recognition saves an average of two seconds per passenger, or a total of nine minutes for boarding of a wide-body plane, according to Delta.
The Detroit News reported that the airline plans to expand facial recognition to the international terminal in the Detroit Metropolitan Airport by mid-December. It will then roll out facial recognition throughout that airport in 2019.
Cox Media Group
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