Simple Flying
Jake Hariman
03 November 2025
Recent years have seen biometrics play an increasingly important role in commercial aviation, with the use of smart cameras expediting procedures such as check-in and boarding while also ensuring contactless processes. Emirates has now become the latest airline to invest in such technology, following its announcement that it has installed more than 200 biometric cameras.
These are located throughout its Terminal 3 home at Dubai International Airport (DXB) in the United Arab Emirates, and the carrier has teamed up with the General Directorate of Identity and Foreigner Affairs Dubai (GDRFAD) to make it happen. Emirates says that passengers can register their details on its app, which will allow them to benefit from faster biometric procedures.
According to a corresponding statement released earlier today by the Dubai-based UAE flag carrier, Emirates has invested a grand total of some AED 85 million ($23.1 million) into its new biometrics initiative.
