British Airways introduces boarding without passports as it installs facial recognition at Heathrow 

British Airways is introducing technology that will allow passengers to go through boarding gates at Heathrow using facial recognition.
Biometric devices in Terminal 5 will capture a traveller’s features along with the boarding pass, and then a facial scan at the gate verifies the person’s identity, allowing them to get on the plane without showing documents, BA said in a letter to staff.
The system will be used initially only for domestic routes, before being extended to international flights.
BA already operates self-service luggage check-in desks at both Heathrow and Gatwick as part of moves to improve the passenger experience.
Troy Warfield, director of customer experience at BA, said the new self-boarding gates and self-serve bag drop points were ways to invest in what customers “value most”.

Courtesy : the telegraph