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Three in four airline passengers support the use of biometrics to speed up airport processes

By Tom Phillips • 17 November 2021 • Updated 17 November 2021

IATA airline passenger survey screenshot showing support for biometrics to speed up airport processes

Nearly three quarters of airline passengers (73%) say they are willing to share their biometric data in order to speed up airport processes and reduce queuing at security, border control and boarding gates, according to an International Air Transport Association (IATA) survey... More

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Air New Zealand gives children NFC wristbands to track their journey

By Rian Boden • 30 November 2015 • Updated 5 February 2019

Children travelling alone on Air New Zealand services will now receive an NFC Airband wristband that gets scanned at key points in their journey and triggers text notifications to up to five nominated contacts. More

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New Zealand banks and carriers to begin Semble NFC wallet rollout in November

By Sarah Clark • 8 October 2014 • Updated 27 January 2019

TSM NZ, the NFC payments joint venture between New Zealand’s carriers and the Paymark payments network, has announced a new brand name, a November date for its first trials — and a marketing partnership with Samsung... More

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41 NFC-related trials and launches in the Asia-Pacific region so far…

By Mike Clark • 29 July 2009 • Updated 18 January 2019

Including sticker-based and other non-NFC Forum standard systems, we’ve identified 41 NFC trials and commercial launches in our research for the Asia-Pacific section of The NFC Report, the new research report being written by Near Field Communications World’s editor, Sarah Clark. More

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Air France tests NFC boarding passes at Nice airport

By Sarah Clark • 24 April 2009 • Updated 7 September 2022

Frequent flyers can use NFC phones or stickers to get an electronic boarding pass and collect loyalty points. More

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Air New Zealand issues 100,000 smart stickers to frequent flyers

By Sarah Clark • 19 November 2008 • Updated 9 March 2011

The airline has provided each of its most frequent domestic travellers with contactless stickers from OTI that can be attached to the back of their mobile phone and act as a permanent and reusable boarding pass. More

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Three in four airline passengers support the use of biometrics to speed up airport processes

Air New Zealand gives children NFC wristbands to track their journey

New Zealand banks and carriers to begin Semble NFC wallet rollout in November

41 NFC-related trials and launches in the Asia-Pacific region so far…

Air France tests NFC boarding passes at Nice airport

Air New Zealand issues 100,000 smart stickers to frequent flyers