Posted on April 25, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Airline passengers are to be screened with facial recognition technology at UK airports this summer under new improved security measures.  Computer operated clearance gates will be introduced to scan passenger’s faces and match the image to the record on the computer chip in their biometric passports. Border security officials believe the machines are a more [...]

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Yesterday, we brought you the news of proposed taxes on Dublin tourism, today the British Airport Aviation Authority is predicting that if a new holiday tax proposal goes ahead, the cost of a family holiday to Orlando or anywhere else outside of Europe could rise by as much as £90 (€115).  Aviation industry body the British [...]