Technology Boom! At Sharjah Airport, your face will serve as your passport.

 Technology Boom! At Sharjah Airport, your face will serve as your passport.Innovation Boom! At Sharjah Airport, your face will serve as your passport.At Sharjah Airport, the last phase of the biometric technology is being developed, allowing customers to use facial recognition.

At Sharjah Airport, the last phase of the biometric technology is being developed, allowing customers to use facial recognition.At Sharjah Airport, the last phase of the biometric technology is being developed, allowing customers to use facial recognition.The first part of the facial recognition project is done, and it is presently undergoing integration with the airline and immigration systems, according to Sheikh Faisal bin Saoud Al Qassimi, director of Sharjah Airport Authority. Activation of face recognition is planned for the fourth quarter of 2023. The first part of the facial recognition project is done, and it is presently undergoing integration with the airline and immigration systems, according to Sheikh Faisal bin Saoud Al Qassimi, director of Sharjah Airport Authority. The face recognition feature will be operational in the fourth quarter of 2023.The airports in the United Arab Emirates have been spending a lot of money to modernise its infrastructure and implement touchless, seamless, and easy travel technology.

Abu Dhabi Airports said in November 2022 that it was getting ready to roll out new technology that will utilise a passenger's facial traits as a passport. The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility at Abu Dhabi International Airport is where the technology's initial testing phase is now taking place.

More than 13 million people used Sharjah Airport in 2022, up by 84.73 percent to surpass the pre-pandemic peak of 13.6 million in 2019. Between 2021 and 2022, the number of flights grew by 51.69 percent, from 57,679 to 87,495.