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Travel & Hospitality · Recorded milestone

Face-scan boarding

Recorded year2018

Delta opens a biometric terminal in Atlanta where travellers check bags and board using their face.

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Built on

Convolutional neural netRecorded · 1989requires
Chip passportRecorded · 1998enables
Face recognition on CCTVRecorded · 1998enables
Deep learning breakthroughRecorded · 2012enables

Led to

Phone credentials replace passportsForecast · ~2030enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.