Singapore's Changi Airport is set to introduce passport-free travel from next year. How far away is Australia from doing the same?
Passengers' biometric data would be utilised to create a "single token of authentication".Singapore's Changi Airport is one of the busiest in the world — but from next year, travelling through it could get a whole lot smoother.
Under the plan, passengers' biometric data would be utilised to create a "single token of authentication” to be used at "various automated touch points" throughout the airport, including bag drop, immigration clearance, and flight boarding, she said. The Tourism and Transport Forum called for the governments to establish a joint task force before the end of August toto do away with the need to produce boarding passes and passports, which could help reduce delays on arrival.TFF chief executive Margy Osmond said that, since then, "considerable progress" had been made behind the scenes towards a first meeting of the group.
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