Seven Recommendations for Accessible Kiosks In today’s transportation landscape, digital kiosks are at the heart of the passenger journey. From ticketing and check-in to payment and information screens, these devices shape how travellers move through airports, train stations and bus terminals. Yet despite their importance, many kiosks are still built around touchscreen-only interactions, leaving entire groups of travellers… Read More »
Signage and accessibility on display at Future Travel Show WESTMINSTER, Colo., Aug. 26, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Widely regarded as “the CES for aviation,” FTE Global continues to redefine the future of air transport, returning to Long Beach, California in 2025. Join The Industry Group for this landmark event, once again co-located with APEX/IFSA Global EXPO, forming the largest and… Read More »
Input your biometric data into a CLEAR kiosk beside the airport security checkpoint, and you’ll be escorted to the front of the line. Bit of a hybrid promo for Amex though it is nice to get free I think. We notice that NRF has said that the CLEAR app will be used for registration vaccination verification. We are… Read More »
Self-Adhesive Bagtag Printers For Airline Check-In Kiosks Read full article at Airport Improvement website Apr2020 — To accommodate the tags’ unique adhesive, Embross partnered with printer manufacturer Custom to add special rollers to its VelocityOne kiosks. Author: Mindy Hamlin Published in: March 2020 The ticketing lobby at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) on the island of Honolulu… Read More »
CLEAR Airport Kiosk News Update August 2025 Clear Airport Kiosks: 2025 News Highlights New Biometric E-Gates Clear is testing futuristic e-gates at several airports, including Oakland (OAK), Oklahoma City (OKC), and Greenville-Spartanburg (GSP), with planned rollout to more airports like Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) this summer. These e-gates use touchless biometric technology, aiming for a future… Read More »
Airport Kiosks Engineering Example – CLEAR Kiosks It’s good to see videos on LinkedIn by companies showing “what’s behind the curtain” so to speak. Most times people see the kiosk and discount the internal engineering and design that takes place. Serviceability, training and maintenance are huge factors in a long term self-service deployment. Part of the evolutionary process… Read More »
Airline Kiosk Check-In News Multiple articles on the new Alaska Air announced policy of removing check-in kiosks and forcing mobile only. We don’t fly very often and are in the TSA program. Still, we tend to print boarding pass to have as safety valve in case we forgot to charge the mobile. Thanks to Hilton Schwartz of Canada… Read More »
Embross Group is becoming a new global force in the travel kiosk business with acquisition from IBM
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On Twitter, Uber interface designer for airports and travel Jon Kantrowitz shared images of the kiosks and provided some details on how they work Posts2025: 3,854
Airport & Airline Accessibility — See us at FTE Oct28-30 Long Beach Join us at FTE in Long Beach. We will be displaying Braille labels for use in airports and airlines with SysTech and Ken Parnell in E12. Given the show is in California makes it even more relevant for Braille. Amazon Hubs just upgraded all of their… Read More »
Standing Tall – Does ADA Discriminate? Editors Note: Being able to think critically about ADA is good practice. There are many forms of accessibility and many of those are ignored in favor of the more popular. The writer is expressing their own opinion and not Kiosk Industry Group/Self Service Kiosk Machine. Discussion was stimulated (see comments below) and… Read More »
Materna IPS at Orlando International Airport with Spirit Airlines Nice video by Materna on Orlando Airport Bag Drop kiosks. Materna provides check-in solutions for airports and airlines. They provide kiosk check-in solutions, mobile and web check-in as well as counter solutions based on CUPPS and CUTE. Materna IPS check-in solutions allow passengers to check in at a kiosk… Read More »
Airline Kiosks Employees From Imageholders – for more information email [email protected] The Client Lufthansa Cargo puts in place ImageHOLDERS Integration Kiosk (K Series) To Optimise Cargo Driver Check-In Lufthansa Cargo is one of the world’s leading companies in the transport of airfreight, covering 300 destinations in over 100 countries, and employs approximately 4200 people worldwide. Lufthansa Cargo is… Read More »
Storm Interface & Future Travel Experience (FTE) By Craig Keefner — See Storm’s entire range of Assistive Technology Products (ATP) and find out more about exciting new product launches scheduled for later this year. These ATP devices are ADA compliant and RNIB Accredited, designed to offer menu navigation by means of audible content description. They allow users with… Read More »
YVR’s Innovative Travel Solutions becomes first in Europe to provide permanent border control kiosks for Entry and Exit border control Cyprus airports install 74 BORDERXPRESS kiosks to enhance security, speed of service and improve experience for passengers Big news today for the airport industry with the installation of 74 BorderXpress kiosks at Pafos International Airport and Larnaka International Airport in Cyprus.… Read More »
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – March 17, 2017) – Canada Border Services Agency Today, the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and Mark Laroche, Ottawa International Airport Authority President and CEO, announced that Primary Inspection Kiosks will be operating at the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport starting Monday, March 20, 2017. Minister Goodale also announced that… Read More »
Airport Kiosks for Passenger Check-in The battle for TSA and airports seems to have taken a new turn. Just when we were settling into fast and speedy airline check-in thanks to IRIS biometrics, one of the players is “complicating” the situation. A recent post on Biometric Update (thanks Michael!) came up and notes Idemia is lobbying to make… Read More »
Digital Signage Benefits for Airport Nice article by AcquireDigital In today’s modern airports, digital signage plays a crucial role in enhancing the overall passenger experience and maximizing the benefits for both travelers and airport operators. In today’s modern airports, digital signage plays a crucial role in enhancing the overall passenger experience and maximizing the benefits for both travelers… Read More »
Clear introduces faster verification technology Clear EnVe Pods will enable Clear users to verify their identity using face-first biometric technology (rather than an eye or fingerprint scan) for up to five times faster verification. Clear’s new EnVe Pods, which use face-first biometric technology for faster identity verification at airports. Key points include: Efficiency: EnVe Pods provide up to… Read More »
SITA Kiosks in Australia Running XP [2022] Melbourne Airport is introducing 28 shiny new kiosks that can be used for automatic check-in by international airlines. And what operating system are … Source: www.lifehacker.com.au Melbourne Airport’s site boasts: Using the latest technology from SITA and BCS, the new kiosks have an improved look and feel to best meet a… Read More »
Biometric Kiosk News From St. Louis Dispatch Feb 2020 — ST. LOUIS COUNTY — St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Monday launched its new biometric security screening alternative in Terminal 2 — the one housing Southwest Airlines’ operations. The new CLEAR biometric system, which identifies people via fingerprints and the iris of their eyes, is available to passengers who… Read More »
Good point of view (albeit dated) on immigration kiosks by an expert at SITA who just happens to do most of the immigration kiosks (aka Border Kiosks). SITA also does the Amtrack ticketing kiosks and lots of airline check-in kiosks. Border Security Kiosks aka Immigation Kiosks Published on 31 December 2014 08:12 by Sean Farrell Introduction Immigration Kiosk… Read More »
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On the eve of its annual Air Transport IT Summit in Brussels, SITA has unveiled KATE, an intelligent, robotic check-in kiosk that it believes will help reduce queues at airports.
Developed by SITA Lab, which explores the future of technology in air travel, it notes that KATE will autonomously move to busy or congested areas in the airport as needed, promising to relegate check-in queues to the past.
U.S. Access Board Webinar: Accessible Airport Terminals (June 7) For Airport Kiosk Accessibility Regulations, the next webinar in the U.S. Access Board’s free monthly series will take place June 7 from 2:30 – 4:00 (ET) and review accessibility requirements for airports under the ADA and other laws. The session will focus on areas of special concern, including passenger loading zones, self-service ticketing kiosks, security checkpoints, boarding… Read More »
Airport Kiosk News Imagine a faster way to zip through airport security lines. One company has a new piece of technology that allows passengers to bypass security gates altogether. Source: baltimore.cbslocal.com More Information Airport Kiosk – FTE Trade Show In Vegas Storm Interface & Future Travel Experience (FTE) By Craig Keefner — See Storm’s entire range of Assistive… Read More »
YVR’s Innovative Travel Solutions and Glidepath deliver world’s most efficient self-service bag drop system CHECKITXPRESS system will improve the speed and ease of passenger and bag movement Richmond, B.C., May 18, 2018: Today, Vancouver International Airport’s (YVR) Innovative Travel Solutions (ITS) and Glidepath, one of the world’s leaders in airport baggage handling, celebrated the installation of the first CHECKITXPRESS self-bag drop unit at YVR. CHECKITXPRESS… Read More »
Passport kiosks APC and more Self-service Industry Group (Selfservice.io) was fortunate to get some time with Christopher Gilliland who is the manager of Innovative Travel Solutions at Vancouver Airport Authority. Airlines terminals and ATMs and Photo Kiosks (Kodak) were the Big Three to kick off Self-Service and the american consumer.YVR has been the leading automated passport kiosk deployer for… Read More »
Singapore Airport Self-Service Check-in Kiosks SINGAPORE — Starting today (Aug 12), travellers on Singapore Airlines (SIA) and SilkAir flights from Terminal 2 can make use of 24 check-in kiosks for quicker and more convenient check-in. Source: www.todayonline.com Posts2025: 2,687
Vancouver International Airport will be first in Canada to use NEXUS facial recognition kiosk technology. Innovative Travel Solutions announced today that their biometric kiosks have been configured to meet the requirements of the NEXUS program, a joint Canada Border Service Agency’s (CBSA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (U.S. CBP) operated Trusted Travellers program. BorderXpress NEXUS features ‘tap-and-go’… Read More »
Automated Passport Kiosks Automated passport control is just one of the technologies airports are implementing to make international travel easier for passengers. Source: www.burnsmcdblog.com Recent News The New York Times Your Face Is, or Will Be, Your Boarding Pass Returning from Iceland to Chicago O’Hare International Airport in October, I approached the airport kiosk that normally scans your passport Yahoo… Read More »
Gatwick Airport is the first airport worldwide to introduce kiosk payment for self bag drop systems so as to simplify baggage check-in for its customers. Materna recently has been awarded the contract for this and will install 50 systems at Gatwick Airport starting in April 2015. Materna’s self bag drop system comes with an intuitive graphical user interface… Read More »
Biometric technology is helping to drive forward a major expansion of the self-service technology market, according to a new report. Source: findbiometrics.com Posts2025: 2,716
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Nice video of Passport Control Kiosk operation. Kiosk by YVR Vancouver.
Frankfurt Airport’s information kiosks now offer Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish languages, as well as English, German and Mandarin.
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The passport control technology has been developed by Innovative Travel Solutions and is available at 24 international airports including, Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). The technology also provides service in 26 different languages.Vancouver International Airport has introduced its BorderXpress automated passport kiosk solution at Oakland International Airport.
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Really like their designs. Vancouver has done a great job. The passport control technology has been developed by Innovative Travel Solutions and is available at 24 international airports including, Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). The technology also provides service in 26 different languages.