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LAX introduces facial recognition enabled boarding

Image courtesy of Easier.

June 2, 2021

Travelers to certain gates at the Los Angeles International Airport will be able to board their flights without having to show a boarding pass or a passport thanks to SkyLane automated boarding gates, according to a press release.

As part of the Los Angeles International Airport modernization plan, Easier, the SkyLane operator, installed and will operate the automated biometric boarding for a period of three years.

Easier, in partnership with Idemia, a provider of digital identity solutions, deployed SkyLanes with a facial recognition system to help U.S. Customs and Border Protection manage border control and increase air passenger security.

Airlines, airport and Easier do not keep any private passenger information, as biometric matching is done by CBP in the cloud.

U.S. citizens have the option of opting out of the facial image capture and may be processed by airline agents with a passport and boarding pass.

Easier has deployed 52 SkyLanes in the new Bradley West Gates and 24 SkyLanes in the existing gates at Tom Bradley International Terminal.

Under the contract, a total of 128 SkyLanes will be deployed with possible expansions in other terminals.

"Faced with an unprecedented health crisis, Easier teams have mobilized to successfully ensure this large-scale deployment at the largest O&D (origin and destination) airport in the United States and to improve the passenger experience," Ludovic Libeski, managing director of Easier, said in the press release.

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