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Market research analysts at Technavio have predicted that the global airport e-gates market will grow impressively during the forecast period and will post a CAGR of almost 20% by 2020. The implementation of e-gates at airports reduces the delay at process points subsequently reducing the average passenger processing time from several minutes to just 10 to 12 seconds. This is considered to be one of the primary factors that will contribute to the growth of this market. The check-in times normally vary based on flight services, which induces authorities to recommend passengers to arrive at the airport hours prior to the departure of the flight for manual passenger processing. Whereas, the self-service check-in machines and the baggage drop-off points at e-gates are open from at least 3 hours before the scheduled departure of the flight. Passengers can walk-in anytime before the scheduled departure and check-in, by placing their passport’s photo page on the scanner, stepping into the gate, completing the eye scan, and stepping out through the gate. The implementation of automated immigration gates helps in optimizing passenger processes at airports and also in reducing the time spent by travelers.
Multimodal biometrics are more accurate as they use two or more biometric technologies, such as fingerprint, finger vein, iris, and voice pattern recognitions. Multimodal biometrics are more reliable, secure, and are also considered to be cost-effective as they are available with multiple technologies in a single device. As a result, the implementation of multimodal biometric systems will gain prominence across the globe and will mainly be adopted for border control applications.
The market is characterized by the presence of a number of established international vendors. The market witnesses constant competition with the major vendors offering new biometric technologies such as contactless biometrics and acoustic characteristics to secure contracts. Moreover, vendors are constantly increasing their investments in R&D to develop next-generation ABC (automated border control) gates to provide more compact and user-friendly gates to the passengers.
The leading vendors in the market are -
The other prominent vendors in the market are AOptix, Atos, Automatic Systems, Ayonix, eGate Solutions, and SITA.
The Americas has the largest adoption of automated gates at the airports. This market study estimates that the Americas will account for about 46% of the total share of the airport e-gates market by 2020 and will also dominate this market throughout the forecast period. The recent regulations introduced by the US Customs and Border Protection agency mandates the implementation of facial recognition technologies at American airports, which will lead to a major shift toward the adoption of other biometric technologies such as facial recognition systems in the coming years.
Fingerprint recognition has been the most prominently used biometric systems at airports. Increasing instances of communicable diseases have resulted in the rise in the number of passengers reluctant to adopt contact biometric solutions in air terminals and other public areas. As a result, biometric technology vendors and biometric scanner manufacturers have started focusing on the development of contactless fingerprint scanners. The emergence of touchless technologies will help border control authorities to capture travelers' biometrics quickly and comfortably and also significantly improve the user experience. One of the major vendors, Safran has already announced the implementation of several new touchless biometric technologies, such as on-the-move systems and non-intrusive systems.
This report provides a number of factors contributing to the adoption, limitations, and opportunities of the airport e-gates market. It also offers an analysis of each factor and an estimation of the extent to which the factors are likely to impact the overall market growth.
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PART 01: Executive summary
PART 02: Scope of the report
PART 03: Market research methodology
PART 04: Working of airport e-gates
PART 05: Introduction
PART 06: E-gates and smart gates
PART 07: E-gates by major vendors
PART 08: Market size and forecast
PART 09: Geographical segmentation
PART 10: Buying criteria
PART 11: Market drivers
PART 12: Impact of drivers
PART 13: Market challenges
PART 14: Impact of drivers and challenges
PART 15: Market trends
PART 16: Five forces analysis
PART 17: Vendor landscape
PART 18: Key vendor profiles
PART 19: Assumptions
PART 20: Appendix
PART 21: Explore Technavio
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