How digital borders, biometrics, and new technologies are redefining how we move through the world. From Enthusiastic Cynic to Cautious Optimist Confession time: as an analyst, I describe myself as an enthusiastic cynic. I’m excited by innovation – new technologies, new approaches, and fresh ideas that promise to make travel smarter and smoother. However, that…
Introduction In Part I, we examined what the EU Entry/Exit System (EU-EES) is, how it differs to legacy border control processes and the challenges that caused its delayed launch. In this follow-up, we move beyond this to explore the unexpected opportunities the system creates for both vendors and government agencies, the impact of remote enrolment,…
Biometrics captured…entry granted…exit recorded! The European Union Entry–Exit System (EU-EES) was first proposed as a concept in 2008 as part of a communication focused around preparing the next steps for border management in the European Union (EU) by the European Commission (EC). Essentially, the EU-EES is a digitally leveraged system that aims to capture and…
We recently published the biannual release of our Smart Airports Market Tracker. For those who may not be familiar, the Tracker is a highly granular service that tracks the implementation of hardware solutions including eGates, kiosks, pods and totems, bag drop units and associated identity management platforms across nearly 4,000 airports globally. The Airports and…
Introduction No tickets… no touch… no problem! That’s what was promised by the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) back in July of 2017 when DigiYatra was first proposed as an initiative to replace dated, legacy methods of passenger processing across Indian Airports. The overarching goal is to eliminate the requirement surrounding providing physical ID and…
July 30th 2025, 15:00 British Summer Time (BST) London. The market for passenger facilitation in airports is expected to be worth $15.8 billion in the 10-year period from 2024-2033. This is being driven by airport operators and their partners pursuing greater operational efficiency and excellence, with biometric and identity management increasingly playing a key role. Leading adopters…
‘Biometrics’, ‘self-service’ and ‘identity’! These are some key phrases that I’ve heard and been exposed to as the most recent addition to the Airports and Borders team at Valour Consultancy, working alongside Director John Devlin. During this time, I’ve had the opportunity to engage and interact with the dynamic world of airports and borders. Over…
Seamless travel, passenger processing and identity verification! These are three key themes that will be at the forefront of Passenger Terminal Expo 2025 in IFEMA, Madrid from April 8th– 10th. I’m excited to be visiting for the first time! So please, get ready to take off with me as we explore the elements of the…
Whilst not necessarily ones to blow our own trumpets, sometimes it is necessary to let people know what we have been up to, the progress that we are making and how this will benefit our customers. As we look forward to the year ahead, this is one of those times. 2024 was an intensive year of…
A new service from Valour Consultancy has made great strides in identifying a much higher number of egates deployed in airports. A grand total of 13,409 egates have been found to be installed globally in airports in the latest edition of our ‘Smart Airports Tracker’. Launched 12 months ago, the Smart Airports Tracker is based…
SITA’s announcement that it is buying the self-bag drop vendor, Materna IPS, is the third major acquisition in the airport technology space this year and will undoubtedly leave some of the competition considering what their response should be. Worth noting is that this deal is a little different to Amadeus’ acquisition of Vision-Box, or Entrust’s…
During recent client Q&As on border control touchpoints, a question was put to us on where we see the market now compared to two years ago. We are in the midst of updating our Seamless Passenger Journey report and launching two new market intelligence products, our new Smart Borders report and our Smart Airports Tracker…
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