A new scanning system is to be installed across eight airports operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (Hial) in time for the summer.
The “eScan Passenger Verification System” will operate at Inverness, Benbecula, Dundee, Islay, Kirkwall, Stornoway, Sumburgh and Wick.
It will confirm that every passenger is on a valid flight and permitted to proceed through security to the departure gates.
The system, by Flight Solutions, will also provide real-time passenger data to Hial, which the group can use to measure passenger flow and queue times.
This knowledge will allow Hial to make business decisions on when, where and how to process passengers more efficiently across its airports.
Inverness Airport will also benefit from an airport-wide rollout of Flight Solutions’ Passenger Processing systems, including its common use system (CUTE) and common use self-service (CUSS) products.
To be installed at Inverness by June are 10 common-use check-in desks, six self-service check-in kiosks, seven self-service bag-drops and six boarding gates.
