A new iris and face recognition system will help secure and speed-up the immigration process at Dubai International Airport. In the first phase of deployment AOptix automated biometric systems will be installed at 100 immigration smart counters and Smart Gates at Dubai International Airport's Terminal 3. The AOptix systems will authenticate iris and face images for travelers who enter or leave the UAE through Terminal 3. Last year more than 50 million passengers, including transit passengers, entered/left UAE through Dubai Terminal 3, out of which over 30 million were entry/exit transactions. The airport plans to expand this system to all four of its terminals and process some 75 million passengers a year through immigration by 2014.
