Lufthansa adding biometric and facial recognition tech at Berlin airport

Lufthansa Group is bringing in a voluntary biometric service for its HON Circle Members and Senators at Berlin Brandenburg and will later offer access via facial recognition to the Lufthansa Lounge at the airport. Passengers under the categories with Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Eurowings’ will no longer have to show a boarding pass to access the facilities as they will be given “fast access to the priority security control via a separate lane using facial recognition”. “The only requirement is a one-time registration of their biometric data in the service provider’s app, FastID,” the Group said. “We