5 cool technologies at Dubai Airport Show 2023

5 cool technologies at Dubai Airport Show 2023

Self-boarding smart gates, indoor navigation app and smart jackets with airbags for bikers wow visitors

Dubai-based company Emaratech is showcasing an advanced version of a smart gate that doesn’t require passengers to show passports or boarding passes. — supplied photo

Published: Tue 9 May 2023, 3:41 PM Last updated: Tue 9 May 2023, 3:49 PM

Embracing the new technologies help the UAE’s aviation sector to keep flying high and maintain Dubai International Airport's top position as the world’s busiest airport for international passenger traffic.

In order to cash in on the high demand for new-age technologies from the local and regional airports, companies from around the world showcased their latest innovation at the Dubai Airport Show 2023, which opened at the Dubai World Trade Centre on Tuesday.

Here are five cool technologies that are on display at the Show:

>>> Smart gates: The Dubai-based company Emaratech is showcasing an advanced version of a smart gate that doesn’t require passengers to show passports or boarding passes as it uses facial identification and IRIS recognition for a seamless experience. It has more technical specifications to avoid tail-gating, bypassing, crawling and jumping the gate. It’s more reliable and takes less time to fix. It is likely to be introduced