British Airways begins biometric boarding at LAX

British Airways has begun trialling self-service biometric boarding gates on international flights out of the US, working in partnership with Los Angeles International. The new technology, created by Vision-Box, will create a smoother, quicker boarding process as passengers will no longer need to present their passport or boarding pass at the gate—only at check-in and security. Instead travellers look into a camera prior to boarding, wait for their biometric data to be verified, and then walk onto the aircraft. Similarly to facial identification built into mobile phones, the biometric gates use high definition camera technology, and allow customers to pass through by recognising their unique facial features, and reconciling them with the digital facial scan taken as part of the immigration process. <br/>