Spirit Airlines Launches Biometric Boarding At Fort Lauderdale

Biometrics have been steadily rolling out in the aviation industry over the last decade. For many years Europeans have been able to access the United Kingdom without showing a passport. However, the rollout to other parts of the airport and other parts of the world has been a relatively slow process. Spirit is one airline currently pursuing biometric airport experiences.

Fort Lauderdale biometric boarding

Spirit Airlines today revealed that it was rolling out biometric boarding of international flights at Fort Lauderdale Airport with the help of Amadeus. The system has been installed at 14 of the airline’s gates in Terminal 4 of the Hollywood International Airport.

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The system has a high-resolution 3D camera and connects to the Customs and Border Protection Traveler Verification System. Here, the image from the gate is matched against images from the CBP’s database. Once a match is generated, the gate will allow the passenger to board the flight, and they will also be marked as boarded in Spirit’s systems.

Commenting, Spirit Airlines’ Vice President of Airport Services Mike Byrom said,

“Spirit is rolling out reduced-contact experiences for Guests across the country, and the work we’re doing with Amadeus in Fort Lauderdale is a great example of that. Biometric technology will let us make the trip from curb to gate faster and easier, and it’s part of what we call the ‘Airport of the Future.’”

Not the only Spirit biometric introduction

Spirit’s system for biometric boarding isn’t the airline’s first foray into biometric technology. In September, Simple Flying reported that the airline had begun offering biometric check-in solutions in New York La Guardia Airport and Chicago O’Hare Airport.

Biometric technology allows airlines and airports to streamline passengers’ path to get from origin to destination. Indeed, Emirates recently revealed that it was launching complete biometric pathways at Dubai Airport, meaning that passengers would never need to interact with humans.

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