Covid-19: Eye and face scans part of touch-free travel at Changi Airport

SINGAPORE - Facial and iris recognition, instead of fingerprint scanning, will be the primary biometric identifier for travellers at Changi Airport's immigration clearance. They will also be able to operate self check-in and baggage drop machines without touching them. A trial is underway to allow them to operate lifts without touching the buttons as well.

The measures are part of the push by the airport to improve safety for travellers amid the Covid-19 pandemic even as it awaits the resumption of mass travel.Changi Airport Group's executive vice-president for airport management Tan Lye Teck said:"Passengers will expect airports to deliver the highest standards of safety and hygiene to give them peace of mind during their journey, and we will rapidly bring on board new measures as we go into a new normal for air travel.

The use of facial and iris recognition as the primary option began around April, and is now in place at Terminals 1 and 3 at Changi Airport. The ICA has been collecting iris images of customers during their transactions - such as the collection of passports - at its service centres since 2017. Those with passport numbers starting with the letter"K" will also have had their iris scans registered by ICA.For Singapore residents and foreigners who have yet to have their iris or facial scans registered by ICA, they can just go through the manual immigration process once for the data to be registered.

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