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NEC and emaratech Deploy Biometric Smart Gates for flydubai Crew at Dubai Airport
NEC and emaratech say they deployed facial-recognition smart gates to automate immigration clearance for flydubai crew in a dedicated operations environment at Dubai International Airport.
2025-12-19CC-BY-4.0border-controlfacial-recognitionairportsegates
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- The deployment is described as scoped to flydubai crew operations rather than general passenger processing.
- NEC says the system is based on its NeoFace Express X5 facial recognition terminal and matches against immigration records maintained by Dubai’s residency and foreigners affairs authority.
- The companies frame the gates as reducing manual document checks and processing time for crew movement through secure areas.
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Operational biometric deployments at airports are expanding beyond passenger checkpoints into workforce and logistics flows where throughput and access controls are tightly coupled.