In the future there might be robots replacing immigration officers at airports. Chubu Centrair International Airport, Japan. Photo: THE STAR/Evelyn Len
New airport technologies unveiled at the Paris Air Show recently promise robots replacing immigration officers and much faster identification of criminals through their biometric data. French electrical systems company Thales premiered its new equipment designed to speed up passage through airports.
In their vision of the future, passengers will no longer deal with check-in desks – an innovation already making inroads in many airports.
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