Your face will be your passport at Delta Air check points

Delta is deploying facial-recognition technology to replace passports and tickets at Atlanta’s airport in a test that could lead to more widespread use of biometric identification for flyers. The new system will be phased in on Oct. 15 at check-in kiosks, baggage-drop counters, security checkpoints and boarding lines for international flights in Terminal F of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Delta said Thursday. If customers take to the technology at the world’s busiest airport, and it helps to reduce boarding times and shorten long lines, the biometrics will be rolled out to other domestic and international airport terminals, said Delta COO Gil West. “If it works in Atlanta, it’ll work anywhere,” West said. The service is optional for now. To use it, customers will enter their passport information during online check-in. Then, at each transition point at the airport, passengers will approach the kiosks with cameras to scan their faces and wait for a green check mark before proceeding to the next spot. Passengers flying with Delta partners Aeromexico, Air France KLM, and Virgin Atlantic Airways are also eligible to use the service.<br/>