DXB ‘Smart Tunnel’ Set to Go Live by End-Summer 2018
A new smart tunnel which is expected to reduce passport control procedures to just 15 seconds will be installed at Dubai International Airport by the end of next summer. Dubai Media Office said the system, which uses iris recognition technology, will be rolled out in DXB’s Terminal 3. Passengers will have to first stand in front of the tunnel and before walking through for facial recogni...
DXB Passenger Traffic Hits 7.2 Million in September
Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport (DXB) reached 7.2 million in September, according to new statistics from Dubai Airports. According to the data, the airport reached 7,215,182 passengers in September, 1.7 percent more than the 7,094,738 that went through the airport during the same period in 2016. The softening of the growth, Dubai Airports said, was due to the splitting o...