Airport Entrance Control Solutions

Growing passenger numbers represent one of the biggest challenges for airports. The intelligent eGate solution reduces waiting times and personnel deployment at the same time as enhancing security.

 

In the future, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the number of international air travellers will increase annually by around five per cent. With this solution the border control takes place automatically on the basis of biometric data, thereby permitting a high passenger throughput rate.

The basis of the solution is a gate with doors that separate the controlled and the public zones. Before entering, passengers insert their passport in a device that reads in the biometric information stored in it. The system checks the validity of the document and possible blacklists using control software and a database connection.

“Together with Siemens IT Solutions and Services, we offer airport operators an intelligent solution for dealing with growing passenger numbers”, says Albert Schürstedt, Divisional Head of Building & Infrastructure at Gunnebo.

“This new system enables us to fully exploit the opportunities offered by electronic travel documents and, by doing so, optimise the throughput rate of travellers at airports”

Gunnebo contributes its know-how relating to access control systems to the solution scenario, while Siemens IT Solutions and Services provides expertise in the area of system integration, biometric recognition software and database connection.

“We are happy to work with Gunnebo as one of our preferred partner with many years of know-how in this area. Our comprehensive expertise derived from several international IT projects at airports means that we are very familiar with the procedures and workflows there and is able to integrate a complete solution almost seamlessly in existing IT environments,” says Werner Braun, Business Development Manager at Siemens IT Solutions and Services.