Miami's airport to offer biometric boarding on all international flights: Travel Weekly

Miami International Airport expects to offer facial recognition for boarding international flights sometime next year.

MIA and technology partner SITA said that the installation will be the largest of its kind at a US airport.

The director of information systems at MIA said there should be a reduction in time and an increase in passenger sentiment as the industry continues to grow.

International flyers don't have to show a boarding pass or passport at the gate. They have their photo taken with a facial-recognition system. The Department of Homeland Security keeps passport photos on file.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is testing a new method of boarding international flights. A video released by MIA on Tuesday shows the process taking a couple seconds per passenger.

MIA has been using facial-recognition technology to automate document checks.