DALLAS (KRLD) - Facial recognition technology has landed at DFW Airport.
American Airlines announced it will use facial recognition to board international flights. It first started using the technology at LAX in December.
Whitney Zastrow with American says the technology matches a scan of the passenger's face taken at the gate and with an existing passport photo already on file with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
"CBP already has pictures of all the passengers. It's automated and it matches the image against the database for that specific flight. It really makes it a lot more efficient and streamlines for the boarding process, " Zastrow says.
Customers will still need some kind of physical or digital boarding pass to get through TSA security lines.
American said it will not store any photos.
American only has 3 gates that use the technology now, but plans to expand it to 75 gates by the end of the year.
