Schiphol airport is starting with a pilot in which facial recognition is used for border crossing.  Europeans with a biometric passport, departing from Schiphol to a non-Schengen country will than be able to pass through a gate, which uses the photo stored on the passport. The gate opens if the photo is matched with the person standing in front of the gate.

The pilot is similar to the one on Stansted airport, which is due to be rolled out to 10 more airports. 

Schiphol already has an fast lane subscription system, which is called Privium and uses iris recognition, for frequent travelers departing from the main dutch airport.  In the dutch media the story (in dutch) aired on October 29, 2009. 

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