Airport Facial Recognition System Market Size, Share and COVID-19 Impact Analysis, By Approach (Video ID and Smile ID), By Process (2D sensor, 3D sensor, Thermal sensor, Multi-Modal, and Masked) By Purpose (One to One, Real-time Alert, Touchless Access Control, and Automated Passport Control), Regional Forecast, 2025-2032

The global Airport Facial Recognition System Market is undergoing notable growth, with a substantial CAGR expected during the forecast period leading up to 2032. A cutting-edge method called facial recognition employs biometrics to measure and match an individual’s unique physical traits for authentication or identification purposes. It operates by recognizing and quantifying facial features in images. Face recognition technology can recognize human faces in pictures or videos, decide if a face appears in two pictures of the same person, or look for a face in a big database of existing images.

Key Market Insights:

Airport facial recognition system is becoming increasingly popular to enhance security, improve efficiency and provide a better customer experience. This technology is quite promising and acquired by several countries daily due to its time-saving approaches. This system is not giving any competition with the other biometrics systems but emerging as the must-to-go technology in airport and naval security.

Facial identification is transforming airport security procedures and eliminating the need for boarding passes. As a result, you won’t need a boarding pass or have to worry about misplacing it, as airports will use face recognition technology to verify your identification. The only purpose for using this method at airports is to preserve security. No one can defeat that level of protection, which uses a system of many algorithms, because face geometrics vary from person to person.

Unfortunately, airport biometric systems that save passenger data are open to hacking or other cyber threats that could result in cyber-attacks. As a result, the problem with cyber security is viewed as a significant barrier to the market expansion for airport biometric services. Furthermore, the market’s development is being hampered by a lack of public confidence in facial recognition technologies. The cost of installing face recognition systems at airports is a major constraint for economically underdeveloped nations. This factor can affect the market’s expansion for airport biometric services.

Impact of COVID-19 on the Airport Facial Recognition System Market:

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the facial recognition system implemented on Airport premises. COVID-19 hastened the use of contactless technologies in Airports, including touchless check-in, screening and boarding processes. In response to the pandemic, airports have implemented health screening measures also with FRS, such as temperature checks. But, due to the widespread use of masks as a preventive measure, FRS, which relies on capturing full face for accurate identification, is facing challenges now. Moreover, the increased use of FRS in airports also raises privacy concerns about customer databases.

Key Insights:

The report will cover the following key insights:

• The report analyzes a detailed industry overview, including qualitative and quantitative information.


• It analyzes an overview and forecast of the Airport Facial Recognition System market based on various segments.


• The report also analyzes comprehensive PEST analysis for all five regions, i.e. North America, Europe, APAC, Middle-East and the rest of the world, after evaluating economic, political and technological factors affecting the impact of the Facial Recognition System market in these regions.

Regional Analysis:

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Countries in North America region, mainly the U.S., widely use Facial recognition systems in airports. Also, countries in Asia Pacific, such as India, Japan, China, and Malaysia, are now growing up in this sector. Most of the leading facial recognition companies are in the U.S. and Japan, which will help North America and Asia Pacific regions to grow faster. However, the Middle East is not an exception to this development. With the introduction of face and iris recognition technologies in its airports, Dubai plays up to its reputation as the top smart city in the Middle East. But, due to poor funding or technical hindrance, there is still no evidence of airport FRS in the African region.

Key Players Covered:

• Kairos


• Aurora-AI


• CAMBAUM


• Cognitec Systems


• Collins Aerospace


• NEC Corporation


• Oosto


• Clarifai Inc


• iProov


• TrueFace


• Ayonix Face Technologies Inc


• Others

Segmentation:

Key Industry Developments:

• Four airports in India (Varanasi, Vijayawada, Pune and Kolkata) will be required to employ the facial recognition programme ‘DigiYatra’ as part of this effort. It follows that travellers won’t need to carry both their ID card and boarding permit. In December 2022, three airports already offered travellers facial recognition technology. The government will incur Rs 165.43 crore for this contract with NEC India Pvt. Ltd.


• In March 2023, Philadelphia International Airport’s engineering, project management, and construction phase services will be provided by Arora Engineers LLC (Arora), which was given a prime contract by the City of Philadelphia Division of Aviation. This project required installing facial biometric equipment at 25 boarding gates in Terminals A-East and A-West in exchange for USD 4 million.


• AENA (Spanish airport and heliport management) signed a contract for four years initially with FacePhi(a digital verification company) to use a facial recognition system for security and maintenance purposes with an initial amount of 1.5 million euros.