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Passenger Authentication Scanning System (PASS)

Advantage System Solutions Limited is currently developing the Passenger Authentication Scanning System (PASS) for BAA.  This will provide a fully-configurable end-to-end capability for use in an airport environment, due to be deployed into Heathrow Terminal 1 in April 2007 and Terminal 5 in September 2007 (for operational trialling prior to opening in March 2008).

PASS integrates the following components:

• Advantage’s existing Internet Check-In Scanning System (ICISS), which performs validation checks on either barcoded home-printed boarding passes, generated during the On-Line Check-In (OLCI) process; or magnetic stripe (ATB2) boarding passes at the entrance to the departure lounge.

• Advantage’s existing Common User Lounge System (CULS) solution, which controls the logical separation of domestic and international passengers in an Integrated Departure Lounge (IDL) environment.  A photograph is taken of each passenger upon their entry to the IDL, and subsequently compared with that passenger when he/she exits from the IDL, using a 1-D or 2-D barcode to uniquely identify the passenger concerned.

• Integrated fingerprint technology, provided by Dermalog and used to perform additional biometric comparison in support of the CULS component of the PASS solution.