The new eGates, supplied by global travel-technology provider Amadeus and operated by the Bureau of Immigration, use passport scanning and facial-recognition technology to speed up checks and reduce queues.
“Our goal is to make each part of the airport experience more comfortable for passengers,” said SMC chair and CEO Ramon S. Ang.
“These eGates will help reduce bottlenecks at immigration and support the broader improvements we have been introducing across NAIA,” he added.
NNIC to deploy eGates in Naia T1 & T3
They will be deployed in Terminals 1 and 3, NAIA’s international gateways, with the first phase going live this December and full activation set early next year.
The rollout combines NNIC’sfunding with Bureau of Immigration operations, allowing the system to go live alongside ongoing airport upgrades.
Once activated, the eGates will work with the biometric checkpoints the operator has been introducing across check-in, security screening, and boarding.
NAIA processed more than 50 million passengers last year, far above its original design capacity.
—Edited by Miguel R. Camus
