Out with the old, in with the new: An airport worker walking through the passport scanning gantry during a media tour of Changi Airport’s newly-built Terminal 4. — AFP
Singapore: Passengers’ baggage is collected by robots, they relax in a luxurious waiting area complete with an indoor garden before getting a face scan and swiftly passing through security and immigration – this could be the airport of the future.
It’s a vision that planners hope will become reality as new technology is rolled out, transforming the exhausting experience of getting stuck in lengthy queues in ageing, overcrowded terminals into something far more pleasant.
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