Morpho (Safran) has signed a contract with Singapore's Changi Airport to supply a solution to facilitate the passenger journey using facial recognition. According to Morpho, this biometric control system involving self-bag drop, integrated border clearance and self-boarding gates will increase the airport's operating efficiency and improve the passenger travel experience. The solution is based on MorphoPass Biometric Applicant Management System and MorphoWay automated gates to support the airport's Fast and Seamless Travel (FAST) concept for Terminal 4 which is set to open in 2017.The company says MorphoPass manages the different stages in a passenger's journey through an airport, based on biometric identification, to offer enhanced service quality all the way to boarding. The solution makes checkpoints faster and less intrusive for travellers at bag drop, airside access and passport control, as well as boarding control point.The system comprises a central system that manages the passenger identification (Applicant Management) through to the various identity checks needed for authentication and identification of the passenger."We partnered with Morpho to deploy this integrated passenger processing system with the objective of transforming the passenger experience," says Steve Lee, CAG's chief information officer and senior vice president, technology. "It's the first time that facial recognition technology will be used at Changi Airport. The solution eliminates the need for manual identity verification by staff."MorphoPass and the MorphoWay gates will be installed in Terminal 4 of Changi Airport. T4 is now under construction. When completed, it will offer an annual capacity of 16 million passengers.

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