Privium, Schiphol's service programme for frequent fliers, is inviting its users to take part in a biometric pilot for travellers that will involve contactless fingerprint checks and long-range iris recognition.Privium travellers already use iris scans and a Privium card, but the firm wants to pilot new multimodal advances that will allow people to pass through Schengen security checks without needing the card.”No other airport in Europe has put these new biometric security measures into effect. You are among the very first group of passengers to have the opportunity to test and experience the benefits of these new and innovative developments”.Passengers will be open the Privium gate with just a wave of their hand, while their iris could be scanned and recognised from a distance.”In the course of one or more pilot projects, we will investigate the speed and reliability of facial, finger and iris recognition as methods for identifying passengers. Of course we are interested in hearing about your experience with these methods as well”.The first pilot is set to begin in mid-January 2016. Members of the biometric test panel who are flying to a Schengen destination will then immediately be eligible to use the security check entrance installed especially for the pilot.This entrance will grant access on the basis of multiple biometric scans. You will no longer be required to insert your Privium Card because you can open the Privium gate with just a wave of your hand. We will additionally be testing remote facial and iris recognition technology.

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