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to allow migrant workers from high-risk countries to return to work. MUNA is a patented blockchain
technology that connects labs in more than 40 cities (all considered high-risk) ZLWK GLUHFW flLJKWV WR .XZDLW The MUNA network links audited
labs with airlines and airports in real WLPH WR FRPPXQLFDWH GLJLWLVHG &RYLG test results with total data privacy. It’s exciting to see the exponential
combination of technologies, such as blockchain, cloud, data and biometrics, being used to both fuel the recovery and take a step towards a better future.
BETTER FLYING Boarding an aircraft is another ritual that had become so familiar to many. If you were a business-class
traveller, you would have become all too familiar with priority boarding. Perhaps you stared at the information screen waiting for the green light, or DZDLWHG D QRWLfiFDWLRQ RQ \RXU SKRQH RU an inaudible boarding announcement. And you would stand in line wondering if the person in front of you should be behind you – all this in return for an
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sector’s recovery”
aisle seat with more overhead locker space and additional legroom. On a small aircraft you would sit at
the front and watch every other SDVVHQJHU EXPS FRXJK DQG VKXIflH SDVW you. This was not a great experience and I hope becomes a thing of the past. So, what could our Covid world look
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introduced the ‘blue moving carpet’, a self-boarding system that uses augmented reality to enhance the boarding experience. It encourages social distancing, transcends language EDUULHUV DQG LV IDVWHU DQG PRUH HIfiFLHQW for the airline and passenger. British Airways has piloted
biometric boarding gates that eliminate the need for boarding passes and passports at boarding, and Qatar’s Hamad International airport has deployed smart screening helmets that enable contactless temperature measurement using infrared thermal imaging, AI and AR display. $QG fiQDOO\ DLUOLQHV DUH XVLQJ WKH
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BRITISH AIRWAYS’ BIOMETRIC
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I look at the innovation happening in the industry, the more I’m excited about what is to come.
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