Hamad Int. Airport in Doha Installs PPE Vending Machines

Hamad International Airport (HIA) in Doha, Qatar has installed vending machines with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) across key passenger touchpoints throughout the terminal.

The newly introduced vending machines allow arriving, departing, and transferring passengers to easily access various disposable and reusable PPE equipment, including face masks, disposable gloves, hand sanitizers, disinfecting wipes, as well as commonly bought over-the-counter pharmacy items such as vitamins and personal care products.

The airport has also become one of the first in the world to offer facial recognition enabled technology, that provides passengers with a contactless journey. HIA introduced this paperless airport experience by combining passenger’s flight, passport, and facial biometric information in a ‘single travel token’ at the self-check-in kiosk.

Passengers can now use biometric-enabled check-in kiosks to take their photo and scan their passport and boarding pass. This digital identity record makes the passenger’s face their pass at key airport touchpoints, such as self-service bag-drop, pre-immigration, and self-boarding gates. 

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