Airports are undergoing a significant digital transformation and with the onset of the pandemic the security checkpoint presented unique challenges due to the typically high contact nature of the screening process and the tendency for bottlenecks at this point in the passenger journey. Contactless operations have only further incentivised technological innovation in this space.
Vivek Mehrotra, Expert Volunteer, IET India, interacts with Huma Siddiqui and highlights the current innovation in airport screening technologies and airport automation due to the pandemic.
Following are excerpts:-
What has been the impact of Covid-19 on aviation at large?
The airlines and aviation business at large is impacted heavily as more countries close their borders to foreign visitors and discourage their residents from flying during the Covid-19 pandemic.