[IP] German Airline Tests Biometric Tickets
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From: Lorrie Cranor <lorrie+@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 6, 2005 10:52:41 PM EDT
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Subject: STOP:: German Airline Tests Biometric Tickets
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http://apnews.myway.com//article/20050707/D8B67B8O2.html
German Airline Tests Biometric Tickets
Jul 6, 8:21 PM (ET)
BERLIN (AP) - The German airline Lufthansa has started testing
tickets encoded with passengers' thumbprint data in hopes of speeding
up check-ins without compromising security.
The 14-day trial started Monday with Lufthansa employees trying out
the system, spokesman Thomas Jachnow said. If all goes well, the
airline wants to roll it out in 2006.
Though people will still be able to check in for flights using the
"classic system," the voluntary use of biometric data would make the
process quicker, Jachnow said.
Passengers would get tickets encoded with their thumbprint data, then
check themselves in by placing their thumbs on a machine. Frequent
fliers would have their thumbprint data encoded on their frequent
flier cards instead of their tickets, Jachnow said.
The German government is also starting to make use of biometric data
in travel documents and will start issuing passports embedded with
facial data in November. A fingerprint will be added in March 2007.
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