Airne industry wants to retire paper passport and adopt facial recognition

A paper passport, full of stamps, should become a thing of the past, plan the entities that control the rules of the global airline industry. The industry is looking for ways to digitize traveler identification to save time at airports, reduce costs, and increase security. Today, each country issues its paper passport, which has a chip to facilitate machine reading. Most of the time, border agents check the document manually. The booklet also contains visas, required for entry into some countries, such as the United States and Brazil. The idea is that these data, instead of being marked on letterhead, are saved in digital format. With this, the user will be able to send the information and obtain the approval to travel even before leaving home, as is already done with the check-in. With a few taps on the cell phone, the trip is confirmed and a code is generated to be shown at the entrance to the plane. IATA and ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) work together to define international flight rules and standardize procedures. This project is called One Id. It envisages the creation of a single digital file model capable of storing passenger identification and that can be read by all countries. In addition to identity data, the digital file would bring visas, vaccines taken, and biometric data of travelers. – https://valor.globo.com/empresas/noticia/2023/02/06/setor-aereo-quer-aposentar-passaporte-de-papel-e-adotar-reconhecimento-facial.ghtml