Air Canada, The First to Launch Digital Identification

Air Canada announced that it has launched digital identification technology on select flights departing from Vancouver International Airport.

This is the first Canadian airline to be approved for such technology.

Airlines and airports are constantly looking for new technologies to improve passenger experiences in a technologically advanced world. These features include airport maps that provide GPS directions, bag tracking and bag drop shortcuts in airport apps, mobile boarding passes and biometric technology to board aircraft. Air Canada today announced that it is the first Canadian airline to be approved to use digital identification technology on select flights departing from YVR or its Air Canada Cafe at Toronto Pearson International Airport.

Air Canada will digitally identify passengers on certain flights to Winnipeg using facial recognition technology. The airline plans to expand its use of facial recognition technology to other Canadian airports as well as Maple Leaf lounges.

"Many of our customers already utilize digital credentials to simplify their daily activities such as unlocking mobile phones, entering workplaces, verifying identification during financial transactions and more. We are very excited to now take a leadership position in Canada and test digital identification using facial recognition technology to validate customer identification quickly, securely and accurately at select airport touchpoints." Craig Landry, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Air Canada said

All passengers on eligible flights will be notified and given instructions for signing up. Non-enrollees can continue as normal with their paper or mobile boarding passes and a government issued photo ID.

All passengers on eligible flights will be notified and given instructions for signing up. Non-enrollees can continue as normal with their paper or mobile boarding passes and a government issued photo ID.

Air Canada's record operating revenues reached $3.47 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022. The airline also lost $366 millions in the same period 2021.

"We are pleased with our fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial results. We reported record fourth quarter passenger and operating revenues, surpassing our results from a year ago and those of the fourth quarter of 2019. This was due to solid demand and yield environments across our network." - Michael Rousseau, President and Chief Executive Officer, Air Canada mentioned

The airline is planning its routes and flights for 2023 and hopes to reach 90% pre-pandemic capacity. It also expects to fully recover next year.

 

Source: simpleflying.com