Passengers will have to download an app, Airside, and create a digital identity once during the life span of a passport.
Denali and the surrounding mountains in the Alaska Range come into view during an Alaska Airlines flight.
The passport verification technology is part of a $2.5 billion three-year investment Alaska Airlines unveiled in April that promises to improve the airport lobby experience. In June, Alaska announced it wasand replacing them with self-service bag-tag stations across the country also as part of the initiative.
The verification, the airline says, happens by scanning the photo page and reading the embedded passport chip. The digital identity is then created, stored on the mobile device and ready to use for future travel.The selfie is an identifier that will serve other functions as more technologies become available. One example is using facial recognition as one of the tools to send travelers’ checked-in bags from the belt to the airplane.
Travelers who don’t have U.S. or Canadian passports will still have to see an agent in the lobby, as the technology relies on embedded chips. Mexico began issuing passports with embedded chips last year, so they aren’t as widespread yet, Bruckbauer said.
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