QF Automated Boarding Gate - Sydney Domestic

[SeatBackForward]

The same as boarding for QF flights out of USA ports?

 

[RooFlyer]

The model seems to be SITA Smart Path.

Yes, looks like - although not with the QF branding installed, as touted on the video.

Enhancements on the way ..

SITA Smart Path uses the world’s best-performing facial recognition technology.* That means our matching technology is fast and accurate. Enhanced security is a key benefit. (Put simply, Smart Path is better at facial recognition than people are.) But the real beauty of Smart Path is improved airport efficiency and enhanced customer experience. In live implementations in busy airports, Smart Path cuts boarding times by around 30%.

Not that they're trialling biometrics or a requirement,

Have we info yet on whether biometrics are or are not being collected? Clearly QF thinks that they will be at some point.

Before we hold out European or Canadian usage as a way of saying 'no worries, its here already', I'd also like a comparison of laws in those countries and here relating to biometric data security, storage and use. I have a feeling Australian laws are pretty cough at least compared to the Europeans.

And my question up-thread. When the airlines here do go biometric, where do they acquire the data that says this face is this person?

 

[Quickstatus]

So how does it work domestically to link your face to BP I wonder?

Maybe they opt in to facial biometric (whenever it is offered). This could be done at check in and after that no BP required. But that would completely degrade the online check in that so many people do.

For domestic travel, I don't see how facial scan is faster than BP scan. Imagine if there was a requirement to take headwear off - like caps, glasses for the scan

 

[elanshin]

Have we info yet on whether biometrics are or are not being collected? Clearly QF thinks that they will be at some point.

I vaguely remember reading WSI shoud have all the tech ready from day 1 in anticipation for future changes - but no timeline.

Before we hold out European or Canadian usage as a way of saying 'no worries, its here already', I'd also like a comparison of laws in those countries and here relating to biometric data security, storage and use. I have a feeling Australian laws are pretty cough at least compared to the Europeans.

And my question up-thread. When the airlines here do go biometric, where do they acquire the data that says this face is this person?

Probably opt in for domestic and likely auto captured for international - given we're scanning our face to pass immigration anyways. I think some of Japanese metro trains are trialling facial recognition. You opt in and just walk through instead of tapping to be even more efficient than their blazing fast nfc tap.

 

[SeatBackForward]

I'll throw a curveball, a trial for potential future use of those gates for International flights.

Yes there's no immigration at T3, for now, but the way passport checks are going, immigration itself may not be a thing to go through in future..