Sagem Sécurité Launches SmartGate in New Zealand
SmartGate, an automated border control system using facial recognition, is now available at Auckland International Airport in New Zealand. This launch is the first step of the
new long-term partnership signed between New Zealand Customs Service and Sagem Sécurité (SAFRAN Group) for the implementation of improved border control solutions.
Accessible to New Zealand and Australian ePassport holders, SmartGate identifies travellers in real time using facial recognition from the photo stored in the chip of the
ePassport. The solution is designed to help the New Zealand Customs Service to efficiently and securely process international travellers.
“SmartGate is a welcome initiative that will improve the efficiency of trans-Tasman air travel, particularly for frequent flyers” said Comptroller of the New Zealand Customs
Service, Martyn Dunne.
SmartGate is the same automated system already deployed in most international Australian airports; it will additionally be rolled out in both Christchurch and Wellington
International airports by mid-2010.
Access Wins Contract at Rapiscan Awarded $35 Million
South African Airports Mexican Airport Contract
Access, the data input technology company, has landed a contract to Rapiscan Systems, Inc. has been awarded an approximate $35 million
supply customised keyboards and boarding gate readers to three of contract from Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (GAP) for a turn-key aviation
South Africa’s largest airports – Johannesburg, Cape Town and the new security project for the construction and installation of baggage handling
airport currently being built in Durban. Working closely with SITA, the systems integrated with the Rapiscan MVXR5000 high-speed multi-view
world’s largest systems integrator for the air transport sector, Access will X-ray hold baggage screening systems at multiple Mexican airports.
supply 241 boarding gate readers and 705 keyboards across the three GAP operates 12 airports throughout Central and Northern Mexico
sites. including the major cities of Guadalajara and Tijuana and tourist destinations
The boarding gate readers can read barcodes from printed documents such as Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, La Paz and Manzanillo.
or portable electronic devices, such as mobile phones. Bar codes are The Rapiscan MVXR5000 system is a multi-view dual-energy X-ray
read face-up, rather than scanned face-down on a flatbed scanner. imaging unit that enables advanced automated explosives detection, class
Face-up reading has been shown to be faster, more accurate and more leading image quality and low false alarm rates. It has been deployed in
convenient. airports worldwide and has the ability to scan up to 1,800 items per hour.
Each keyboard has an integrated optical character reader and magnetic The solution is part of the Company’s family Hold Baggage Screening
stripe reader, enabling it to read passports, identification cards, credit cards product line and its air cargo screening solution offerings. The MVXR 5000
and loyalty cards. Both of these compact devices are designed for simple has been deployed in airports, airlines, freight forwarders and other air
plug-and-play operation while taking up minimal desk space. cargo companies globally.
Commenting on the deal, Steve Duley, SITA’s South Africa Sales
Director, said, “With South African airports about to experience a huge
Middle East Airlines Brings 100%
influx of travellers during the soccer World Cup in 2010, we needed to
Baggage Reconciliation to Lebanon
find data input devices that meet the highest quality standards while being
commercially competitive. Access IS provided the solutions.” Middle East Airlines has announced the implementation of the first ever
integrated baggage management system in Lebanon. The new system,
provided by aviation IT specialist SITA, will reduce the level of mishandled
baggage and will facilitate security at Beirut Rafic Hariri International
Airport.
The system will immediately benefit 80% of the airlines flying to Lebanon
whose flights are handled by Middle East Airlines Ground Handling (MEAG)
and will also be made available to other ground handlers at the airport.
SITA’s integrated baggage management system (BagManager and
BagMessage) provides passenger-bag reconciliation which ensures that the
right bag gets on the right plane and is assigned to the right passenger. By
reducing the number of mishandled bags it is expected to deliver Middle East
Airlines cost savings of up to 30%.
Adib Charif, CIO, Middle East Airlines, said: “Customer service is a priority
to our airline and we aim to implement a system which not only improves
service through better baggage management, but also provides cost savings
and extra security.
“SITA’s solution will enable MEA to meet ICAO’s security rules regarding
baggage reconciliation prior to flight departure. On-time departures and
security levels will both improve because the system makes certain that
passengers and their baggage fly together on the same flight.”
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