ACU-NOV-2020 Final Draft

AI R P ORTS
Vision-Box and AirAsia to implement automated
identity management across 152 airports
LISBON & KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia
Group has entered into a strategic
partnership agreement with global
t e c h c o m p a n y V i s i o n - B o x t o
implement industry leading identity
management technology across the
airline's network of 152 airports as
new travel protocols are laid-out due
to the lingering Coronavirus
pandemic.
A world leader in biometrics seamless
t r a v e l , a u t o m a t e d b o r d e r
management and electronic identity
management solutions dedicated to
improving the quality and security in
government services, travel and
border control, Vision Box will
provide the next step to AirAsia's
seamless touchless identification and
contactless clearance traveller
experience across its global market.
AirAsia was among the first airlines to
adopt F.A.C.E.S (Fast Airport
Clearance Experience System), the
contactless facial recognition
passenger processing system.
Under their partnership agreement,
the following new services and
solutions will be rolled out at AirAsia's
network of 152 airports:
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Delivery of F.A.C.E.S (Fast Airport
Clearance Experience System) - A
touchless identification and
contactless clearance platform
designed for mobile check-in to
MIA welcomes return of 22 airlines
out of 100 before the pandemic struck
MIAMI: Some 22 carriers have resumed operations at Miami
International Airport so far, with Air France, Avianca and Viva Air, making
the latest comebacks. Before the pandemic, MIA was home to 100
passenger and cargo airlines – the most of any US airport.
The new airline restarts bring MIA's total number of passenger carriers to
22, complemented by 31 all-cargo airlines currently in operation.
Air France resumed service with three weekly flights to Paris, providing
MIA with its first flights to France since the pandemic began.
Colombian flag carrier Avianca - the world's longest continuously flying
airline at 100 years and counting - made its comeback to MIA on
October 1 with a total of 16 weekly flights: daily service to Bogota; four
weekly flights to Medellin; three weekly flights to San Salvador; and two
weekly flights to Managua.
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enhance the guest experience at the airport, improve customer brand loyalty, and be an
integral part of AirAsia's overall digitization strategy.
Network wide Digital Identity Management - A collaborative development to drive
organizational data ecosystem expansion and technology enablers across AirAsia's travel
and finance platforms.
Deployment of seamless touchless and contactless experience traveller points across
AirAsia's 24 travel hubs to include: Mobile Digital ID enrolment; Biometric Facial
Recognition devices at check-in (FACES); Automated bag-drop self-service; Roving VPoD
for temperature checks, and; Security and Boarding VPoD for seamless traveller
identification and clearance.
Miguel Leitmann, the CEO of Vision-Box, described the company's partnership with AirAsia
as a “powerful gamechanger for the industry.”
“This collaboration is a powerful gamechanger for the industry. Partnering with AirAsia will
allow Vision-Box to deliver the very best strategies that will be uniquely conceived, designed
and built for the next generation of transformative identity management platforms,” he said.
Javed Malik, COO of AirAsia Group, said their digital transformation strategy began two years
ago but the time has come to further enhance it.
“These new technologies are integral to make flying as safe, affordable, seamless, and
convenient as possible, which is critical in the COVID restricted travel environment. We are
pleased to partner with Vision-Box as an industry leader in their field to deliver a major step
change in touchless and contactless air travel technologies,” he said.
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