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   Frankfurt Airport will roll out a system for facial recognition of all   
   passengers in the coming months. Until now, only Lufthansa and Star Alliance   
   customers could pass through passport control this way, but this will soon   
   apply to everyone.   
       
   The system is called Smart Path and has proven successful in use at Star   
   Alliance in recent years. Frankfurt therefore also wants to make it available   
   to passengers flying with other airlines.   
       
   In practice, it works like a mobile phone: the unique features of each face   
   are first recorded during registration, in the app or at a 'kiosk' at the   
   airport. The passenger will then be recognized by the Smart Path camera upon   
   arrival or departure for non-Schengen flights and will no longer have to show   
   a passport.   
       
   Frankfurt wants to equip at least half of all check-in machines, passport   
   control and gate boarding with this technology in the coming months, and it   
   should be fully rolled out by 2024. The old way of manual checks also remains,   
   for passengers who prefer that.   
       
   The Star Alliance Biometrics platform, on which the technology is based, was   
   launched in November 2020 at the Frankfurt, Munich and Vienna hubs. Hamburg   
   Airport also received the facility in April 2022.   
      
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