The airport of Milan Linate continues its flight into the future becoming more and more friendly for travelers and airlines by developing innovative services such as FaceBoardingavailable after an experimental phase, which allows passengers to access security checks and proceed to boarding using an advanced biometric system Of Facial recognition. For travelers who wish it will no longer be necessary to show identity documents and boarding passes at the airport because those who have previously registered using the kiosks in the airport or directly from their mobile devices – the dedicated App will be available from June – just has to show your face.
This reduces control times and increases security for accessing thesecurity check area and then to boarding gate which become self-service. Registration can be done for a single flight or annually using a safe, simple and rapid technology, developed in collaboration with Enac and the State Police which not only offers greater speed of checks but also guarantees privacy protection and passenger data. All you need to do is check in online or at the desks in the departures area to check in your baggage and then register at the Face Boarding kiosks located near check-in area-8.
At Linate the service is available to all airlines who want to integrate their check-in and boarding systems with the FaceBoarding system. Ita Airways And Sas they were the first to join the project he has Thales And Dormakabaha as partner companies that developed the biometric processing system and gates respectively.
“It's great news to be proud of. We are the only airport in Europe to have such a system, open to all companies” commented the mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala who inaugurated the kiosks present Pierluigi Di Palma president of Enac, Michaela Castelli president of Sea Aeroporti di Milano, Antonio Turicchi president of Ita Airways, Armando Brunini, ceo of Sea Aeroporti di Milano and Alessandro Fidato chief operating officer of Sea who explained the operation of Face Boarding which Sea also intends to bring to Malpensa, evaluating “with whom and at what times”.
Strategies and will invest in technological innovation to grow like those implemented by Sea – it is no coincidence that Linate was recognized as the best European airport in its category in 2023 – are the demonstration of the ability of the Italian airport system to have an increasingly stronger weight and recognition at an international level, points out Pierluigi Di Palma. “For 25 years now we have continuously developed a policy and a cultural path that sets the example in the world because we were the first to face liberalization and privatization, also constituting a reference authority to guarantee the public interest that remains within airports and airline operators. This has guaranteed achievements and investments because the agility of private individuals is much greater than what the public could have had and we saw it here at Linate, with the recognition also by private operators of an important role within this system, not only of ENAC but of all the public authorities which ultimately guarantee the operation of an airport which, let us not forget, is the border of the world”.
“This it will be a good summer for Seathe growth in the first months of this year was notable, we don't believe that the level will remain the same but we think that the summer 2024 will be higher than the previous one – he then explained Armando Brunini who did not say he was worried about the possible reduction of slots at Linate if the green light is given to the agreement that will bring Ita into Lufthansa, bringing take-off and landing rights from the airport to 63 percent.
“We don't know exactly what is happening but we are not worried because the demand on Linate is very high, we have more requests for available space, so we are not worried, the airport has a limited number of flights so whatever happens I don't foresee huge impacts”.