Dutch carrier KLM will begin a trial of face-scanning technology at its Amsterdam Schiphol hub to strengthen security and speed up the boarding experience for passengers.
The trial will run for three months and is limited to travelers who register in advance. Participants use a dedicated kiosk to scan their boarding pass, passport and face, streamlining identity checks during boarding.
KLM said the goal is to make the boarding process “as quick and easy as possible” for passengers while maintaining security standards.
To protect privacy, personal data collected for the trial will be used only for the test and erased after boarding. Information stored in the registration kiosk is programmed to be deleted after ten hours. The face-scanning pilot is part of Schiphol Airport’s broader plan to enhance digital services and advance toward becoming a leading digital airport.
The Schiphol trial follows similar developments elsewhere. In the United States, the trusted traveler program Clear has expanded its use of biometric identification—using fingerprint and iris scans—to confirm travelers’ identities and let members skip TSA ID-check lines and proceed directly to screening. Clear recently opened lanes at New York’s LaGuardia and Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airports and now operates at multiple U.S. airports, pursuing the same goals of faster, more secure passenger processing.