Sarah

The benefits of a tagless bag drop are numerous. For the passenger, a step in the process that they can struggle with is removed and the process becomes truly frictionless, put the bag on the scale, wait for a couple of seconds, receive a photo on your phone and move towards the next step.

Airlines and airports have relied on common use for over 35 years.  The leading-edge technologies of the day, helped the airports to reduce the size of the check in halls and helped the airlines to serve the increasingly demanding and knowledgeable passenger.  25 years ago, the airlines started turning to self-service kiosks to improve operational efficiency in passenger processing at the same time as putting the passenger in control of their journey while improving passenger satisfaction during the airport experience. 

In June, Elenium, was asked to be part of a prestigious Biometrics Symposium at the FTE EMEA along with Thomas Hoff Andersson, COO at Bengaluru International Airport, Joe Leader, CEO of APEX & IFSA and moderated by Harald Jentsch, Head of Airports & Baggage Screening at Smiths Detection. We discussed seamless travel and how biometrics will enable the utopian vision for passenger experience at the airport.

Navigating around an airport, figuring out where to check-in, where to drop off baggage and which customs queue to join can be confusing when you are in an airport for the first time, even if you are a frequent traveller.

Melbourne-based Elenium Automation today announced it has raised AU$15million in Series A funding from high profile investors, spearheaded by Acorn Capital.

How can a digital image of my bag replace my bag tag? Visitors to Passenger Terminal Expo in London last week were intrigued by Elenium’s bag drop with no bag tags in sight!

Etihad Airways and Elenium, a provider of automation technology solutions, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understand, MoU, for cooperation to develop a variety of innovative solutions in both passenger and freight processing services.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, and Elenium, a leading provider of automation technology solutions, will together demonstrate how a newly developed voice-activated self-service kiosk, bag drop and boarding gate facility will revolutionise the travel experience by taking facial recognition technology to new heights.