AOptix and SITA to deliver automated biometric identity solutions for air transport security

Future Travel Experience Asia 2012, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: AOptix Technologies Inc., a leading developer of advanced biometrics-based identity solutions, announced that SITA, the world’s leading specialist in air transport communications and information technology, has become an AOptix Value Added Reseller (VAR) partner. SITA has more than 2,700 customers in over 200 countries and territories across 300 airport locations worldwide. Almost every airline and airport in the world does business with SITA.

Leveraging the AOptix InSight iris recognition and face biometric technology, SITA will be working with airport, airline and government customers to deploy automated solutions that deliver, fast, accurate and effortless identity screening to expedite passenger flows at airports and borders.

The AOptix InSight family of iris and face biometric solutions provides unmatched accuracy, speed, and intuitive capability. With millions of transactions at borders and security checkpoints, and tens of thousands of new transactions each day, the InSight system is proven to deliver in challenging real world environments.

Working at a comfortable distance of 1.5-2.5 meters, users of all heights simply stand in a large capture zone, look at the system and open their eyes. In seconds the systems take ISO-ICAO quality iris and face images to ensure the most reliable matching accuracy.