France: On the plane with ... fingerprints

French airline Air France said it is planning to test its boarding pass. Airport checks with fingerprint scanning technology will help passengers get a quicker check.

Volunteers participating in this trial plan by the end of 2007 will be required to download digital fingerprint records and print them on a personal memory card.

With a scanner and a separate check-in line, people with a biometric card will be able to print their own boarding pass and go straight to the plane through an electronic door to check the fit between the external fingerprints. life and on the card.

The biometric card will initially be tested for two months with about 1,000 Air France employees on Paris-Amsterdam service flights and will expand to 2,000 regular flyers on the route.

If tested successfully, biometric cards will be issued to approximately 10 to 15 percent of Air France customers.

Passengers boarded Air France in Larnaca in 2006. Air France announced plans to use biometric identification cards to board passengers to quickly be checked at the airport through a fingerprint scanner . )

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