Overview
- The trial at Dubai International’s Terminal 3 lets registered travellers walk through immigration without showing passports or boarding passes by using AI cameras that match faces to flight data.
- Officials say the system can clear multiple people at once and produce passes in as little as 3.4 seconds, though several outlets report processing taking six to 14 seconds in practice.
- Dubai Airports and the GDRFA expanded the trial from First and Business Class departures to arrivals and broader registration, and they say they plan to roll the corridor out to all passengers.
- Eligibility is automatic for UAE and GCC nationals, UAE residents and visa‑on‑arrival holders with biometric passports, while families with young children and people under 1.2m tall are excluded and staff remain on hand for flagged checks.
- The programme links passenger tagging with luggage monitoring so staff can locate travellers or flag suspicious items, and high usage numbers have drawn interest from other major airports watching the trial.