Overview

• The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) plans to introduce a 'digital travel credential' to replace traditional boarding passes and check-ins.
• Passengers will store passport details on their smartphones and use facial recognition for seamless airport navigation.
• Major airlines, including British Airways and Air France-KLM, are evaluating the technology for future integration.
• Airports will require significant infrastructure upgrades, such as biometric scanners and digital passport readers, to support the new system.
• Amadeus has addressed privacy concerns by ensuring passenger data is deleted within 15 seconds of each processing point.