Air France tries smartboarding automated system

The Financial: From March 17 through the end of 2009, Air France will ask Flying Blue customers who travel most frequently from Paris to Amsterdam to test the new automated boarding system, smartboarding, developed with the Citizengate company. With a personal card which contains the latest biometric technology (encrypted fingerprints), RFID (radio frequency identification) and thermal printing (the back of the card can be reused up to 500 times), these passengers will be able to board through a dedicated portal whenever they choose.

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