Market Challenges And Opportunities

Requirement to enhance passenger safety and misuse of access through contractor and staff ID badges is expected to drive the demands for biometric technology

In June 2016, U.S. Customs and Border Protection deployed biometric based facial recognition exit systems at Washington Dulles International Airport. Moreover, international demands for installation of biometric systems have registered significant surge over the past few years. Large potential of biometric technologies such as iris, retina, face, and fingerprint recognition, and advent of palm vein detection to scan the blood vein patterns through linking biometric information to identification will lead to considerable reduction in waiting times and human errors in the procedures. In conjunction with this, enhancement in safety protocols, cost efficiency and reliability of biometric systems will provide substantial growth prospects for the global airport automated security screening market during the forecast period.

Passenger verification systems are projected to continue its dominance over the forecast period, followed by baggage and access control. Introduction of these biometric systems and compliance with other regulatory standards of the airports for individual verification is among the major factors driving demand for passenger screening. These include walk-through screening systems, liquid explosive detection systems, shoe metal detectors, and other human recognition systems.