People travelling from Heathrow Airport will be able to use facial recognition technology from this summer, according to a report.
The Times reported the airport, which has 80 million annual passengers, is introducing £50 million biometric technology to save queueing time.
At the start of their journey, passengers will register for the service linking their passport to their facial biometric.
On subsequent journeys, it would mean they can walk through by simply looking into the camera.
However, the airport said people must still take their passports.
Alex Macheras, an aviation consultant, told the paper: “From the point of view of convenience it undoubtedly works, although customers will have concerns about how their data is protected and airports must be transparent about this.”
The airport has said it will not ask passengers for data, and that they can choose not to use facial recognition.
