Travellers at Dubai International Airport’s Terminal 3 can now enter departures through a document-free, fully automated ‘Red Carpet’ corridor.
Developed by Dubai Airports and the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) Dubai, the smart corridor eliminates the need to present travel papers, or even a passport. Instead, passengers who have linked their passport details to a biometric photo can breeze through the smart gate, knowing that security processes and flight details are being checked automatically.
Brigadier Walid Ahmed Saeed, Assistant Deputy Director for Airport Affairs at GDRFA Dubai, explained:
This service, which is the first of its kind globally, allows you to complete your travel procedures in seconds… Just by walking through this corridor, you have completed your exit.
How does the document-free corridor work?
Equipped with biometric cameras that feed a bespoke artificial intelligence (AI) system, the corridor verifies passenger identity against flight data. The service is open to travellers of all nationalities travelling in any ticket class. Once they have linked their details, they can use the corridor for all future journeys they make through the terminal.
Passengers told Gulf News that they appreciated the convenience of the new system, and that security checks could be conducted in advance. Further ‘Red Carpet’ corridors are set to be introduced to Arrivals and the other two Dubai terminals in due course.
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