Travellers will soon be able to walk through all Dubai airports without stopping to show any documents, a senior official told Gulf News. Lieutenant Colonel Khaled bin Madia Al Falasi, Deputy Assistant Director for Smart Services at the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai (GDRFA Dubai), said the project, ‘Travel Without Borders’, will use artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition cameras to scan the travellers’ face – while they are on the move – to confirm their biometric data, identity them and officially register their arrival or departure at the passport control area. There will be no counters, stations, gates or immigration officers at passport control – travellers will simply walk through without stopping or showing any documents, he explained. The project will be activated “soon” at all terminals of Dubai International Airport (DXB) and Dubai World Central – Al Maktoum International (DWC), Lt Col Al Falasi said. The service will start with business and first class passengers, and then it will be extended to all travellers in all departure and arrival halls, he added. ‘We have moved on’ He pointed out that currently there are smarts gates at the airport but travellers still have to stop and […]