Miami International Airport adds facial recognition to speed passengers

Written by Miami Today on March 5, 2024

None of the more than 26 million passengers flying out of Miami International Airport annually will show a boarding pass to enter a plane by the end of this year, airport officials say.

Instead, airlines will use facial recognition software at boarding gates, scanning faces to eliminate the need for a physical boarding pass to be handed over to airline personnel or scanned to permit boarding.

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