Abstract
As the number of air passengers continues to increase worldwide, so do the security demands and challenges in the air transport industry, particularly in lieu of numerous recent terrorist attacks. One of the essential requirements in fulfilling these needs resides in the accurate and timely identification of passengers and other participants in the air transport flow. Biometrics represents identification of individuals based on their quantifiable biological characteristics in automatic pattern recognition systems and is considered one of the most reliable means for personal identification. It is, therefore, not surprising that biometric technologies have an increasing presence in the air transportation industry. The intent of this review is to familiarize readers with biometric tools aimed at establishing and maintaining high security at airports and during flight, as well as to point out promising emerging biometric applications in the field.
Highlights
Airports represent specific locations, given that they are ports of entry and exit approached with high security, and ordinary workplaces for airport personnel and ordinary travel zones for frequent travelers.[2]
Biometrics represents identification of individuals based on their quantifiable biological characteristics in automatic pattern recognition systems and is considered one of the most reliable means for personal identification
The first entails verification of person’s identity - an individual presents themselves to a biometric system via a name, PIN, credit card number, etc., based on which reference template for claimed identity is selected from a database and compared to the presented (“live”) biometric trait, known as query (Figure 2b)
Summary
Given that they are ports of entry and exit approached with high security, and ordinary workplaces for airport personnel and ordinary travel zones for frequent travelers.[2]. After checked in with the airline, passengers continue through security check point(s), whose intention is to ensure that passengers do not carry dangerous items (weapons, explosives, etc.) that could pose a risk to the integrity of the airport, aircraft, crew and other passengers. This is traditionally done using luggage and passenger screening machines, bomb-sniffing dogs, surveillance camera monitoring, etc. Points of Departure: The Culture of US Airport Screening, Journal of Visual Culture, br. 2/2007, London, p. 183. 4 http://www.argus-global.co.uk/how-biometrics-help-airports-reach-key-targets
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