SAS last week introduced a system that checks that an item of baggage belongs to the same person that takes the flight. Tried at Lulea Airport, on the Baltic Sea near the Finnish border, passengers checking in baggage have their index finger scanned and finger print recorded. The information is stored in SAS' passenger register and correlates with the details on the baggage tag.
A second fingerprint scan is carried out at the departure gate, ensuring that the person who checked in the baggage is the same person who boards the aircraft. All information is automatically erased when the customer completes the journey. The launch of the biometric security check-in marks the beginning of a four-week trial period. Assuming its success the new security measures will be introduced nationally across Sweden during autumn 2006. The airline plans to role out the system throughout Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
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