Airline’s new biometric feature means your face is now your boarding pass

The new Fast Pass system should create a ‘seamless’ passenger experience (Picture: Getty Images)

Flying with Qatar Airways from Doha anytime soon? Your face has just become your boarding pass.

One of the ‘largest biometric passenger rollouts of its kind in the Middle East, and globally’ has just landed in the Qatari capital.

Aptly named the ‘Fast Pass’, Hamad International Airport (HIA), Qatar Airways, and technology company SITA have partnered to introduce facial recognition for passengers in Doha.

The new service connects 700 ‘touch points’ across the airport – allowing...