Pilot program at major airport tracks movement, approves international flyers’identity

A pilot program has been launched at theOrlando International Airport(MCO) in Florida to help streamline the international departure process.

The Enhanced Passenger Processing (EPP) program identifies passengers through biometric facial comparison.Travelers can get their faces scanned, as opposed to having to pull out identification documents for review.

Partnering with theU.S.Customs and Border Protection(CBP), the 90-day pilot program will be tested in conjunction with three movement-tracking technology companies on select flights.

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Multiple passengers can board their international flights at the same time, due to thefacial recognition camerason the jetway.

Photographs are matched withgovernment recordsand are deleted within 12 hours, according to the program. 

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Orlando Airport will run a 90-day pilot program, working with three movement-tracking technology companies on certain flights.(Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket)

Beginning Dec.26, non-U.S.citizens will be required to use the biometric system — while U.S.citizens may opt out of it.

a couple of secondsthat they don’t have to get their passport, put bags down, move things — this is important to the efficiency of the entire process and not just to CBP, right?”

Facial recognition systems have been rolled out nationwide at TSA checkpoints.(Allen J.Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

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She added, “The time that’s spent in the [inspection services] with Customs and Border Protection also translates to the impact of the timing that they have in other parts of this travel continuum.”

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About 155,695 passengers pass through the Orlando airport daily, according to MCO data. 

In September of this year, 293,697 passengers enplaned oninternational flights, according to the same source.

Jetways with facial recognition cameras allow multiple passengers to board their international flights at once.(iStock)

The Department of Homeland Security issued new guidance requiring foreign nationals — including green card holders and other non-U.S.citizens living legally in the country — to be photographed when they enter or leave the United States.

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CBP currently employs facial recognition at airport checkpoints, but the updated rule will broaden its use to cover every U.S.entry and exit point — byair, land and sea.

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Ashley J.