Vienna International Airport is using on automated border control systems (eGates) from the German firm secunet. A total of 25 eGates were installed in December and have now been put into operation, for border control.
The biometrics-based gates means that passengers can now expect shorter transfer times as well as faster arrivals and departures at the airport, according to the product company. Passengers pass through the control gates autonomously, so checks can be performed in parallel. The entire process takes the manufacturers say a few seconds – from placing the electronic passport on the ID reader for an optical and electronic check of security features, to exiting the gate.
According to the company, document verification, biometric procedures, and smart sensors mean the same level of security as with stationary border control. The secunet easygate is based on open standards, meaning that it can be adapted to future changes the company adds.
The overall system for border control initially consists of 25 control gates, of which 16 are available for departures and nine for arrivals. Besides training, support, and maintenance, the company is also delivering software for monitoring, evaluation and administration workstations, and a centralised server for connecting peripheral systems and controlling the eGates.
secunet supplies the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior (BM.I) with systems for stationary border control as well as for capturing biometric data for electronic residence permits; and secunet is partner to the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (BMEIA) for biometric data capture for visas in Austrian agencies abroad.
