I-Emirates iphinde yacindezela imingcele yobuchwepheshe, iba yinkampani yezindiza yokuqala ngaphandle kwaseMelika ukuthola imvume yokugibela i-biometric evela e-US Customs Border Protection (CBP).
Maduze, amakhasimende ahamba ngezindiza esuka eDubai eya kunoma yiziphi izindawo eziyi-12 ze-Emirates e-US azokwazi ukukhetha ubuchwepheshe bokuqashelwa kobuso emasangweni okuhamba, kunciphise isikhathi esithathiwe sokuhlolwa kobunikazi sibe yimizuzwana emibili noma ngaphansi. Akukho ukubhaliswa kwangaphambilini okudingekayo, futhi amakhasimende nawo angakhetha ukungasebenzisi ubuchwepheshe. I-Emirates ayigcini amarekhodi e-biometric yamakhasimende ayo - yonke idatha iphathwa ngokuphepha yi-CBP.
Ubuchwepheshe buhlolwe emasangweni okusuka ezindizeni ze-Emirates ezisuka eDubai ziya eNew York naseLos Angeles ngezikhathi eziphakeme ngoJulayi nango-Agasti. Imiphumela ibikhuthaza ngokuthi ezinye izindiza zifinyelele ku-100% wokugibela i-biometric kanye nokuhlolwa okungekho okwenziwe ngezandla. Inkampani yezindiza ilindele ukuthi kwenziwe ukuphela kwe-biometric boarding kuzo zonke izindawo zayo zase-US ngokuphela konyaka, uma imishini isikhona.
Kusebenza kanjani i-biometric boarding: esangweni lokugibela, uhlelo luchofoza isithombe somgibeli, esimataniswa negalari ye-CBP ngesikhathi sangempela ukuqinisekisa ubunikazi bomuntu ngemizuzwana emibili noma ngaphansi. Uhlelo kungenzeka lungasebenzi kulabo abangazange baye e-US isikhathi eside noma izithombe zabo ezingekho kugalari ye-CBP, lapho-ke bangavele basondele kumatafula esango.
UDkt Abdulla Al Hashimi, Iphini Likamongameli Ophakeme Oyi-Divisional, Ezokuphepha Kweqembu le-Emirates uthe: “Ukuphepha nokuvikeleka kuzohlala kuyinto yethu ephambili, njengoba i-Emirates iqhubeka nokuhlola nokutshala izixazululo ezintsha zohambo olungenazinkinga ezisiza amakhasimende ethu endiza kangcono. Inhloso yethu enkulu ukusiza abagibeli bethu bahambe bengenamaphepha, ngaphandle kwesidingo samaphasiphothi nomazisi. Ukubhoda ngebhayometrikhi kuyisinyathelo esisodwa ekunciphiseni izinqubo kuhabhu yethu sisebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bedijithali, konga amakhasimende ethu isikhathi futhi siwanikeze ukuthula kwengqondo. Sikhuluma neziphathimandla zamazwe amaningana ukwenza ezokuphepha zisebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bokubona ubuso ukuthi bamukeleke futhi bufinyeleleke kalula. ”
UJohn Wagner, iSekela leKhomishini Yesigungu Esiphezulu, i-Office of Field Operations, i-US Customs kanye ne-Border Protection uthe: “I-CBP ibisebenza nababambiqhaza bethu abanjengo-Emirates ukwakha inqubo elula, kodwa ephephile yokuhamba ehambisana ne-CBP kanye nemizamo yesimanje yezimboni yezokuvakasha. Ngokuqhathanisa ubuso besihambi nepasipoti yabo noma isithombe se-visa esasihlinzekelwe phambilini ngenhloso yokuhamba, siye sahlenga ukuqinisekisa ubunikazi obuqhubeka futhi buqinise ulwazi lwamakhasimende. ”
Lesi simemezelo sizosebenza njengesikhuthazi se-AVSEC Global 2019, esizobanjwa kusukela ngeSonto, zingama-22 kuya ngoLwesibili, ngomhlaka-24 Septhemba e-JW Marriott Marquis, eDubai. Uchungechunge lungenye yemicimbi ebaluleke kakhulu kwezokuphepha kwezindiza esifundeni futhi ngomunye wemikhulu emhlabeni jikelele.
NgoJuni, i-Emirates isebenzise ukugibela kwe-biometric kwabagibeli ezindizeni zayo zaseWashington-Dubai. Inkampani yezindiza ilindele ukukhipha lobu buchwepheshe kuzo zonke izikhumulo zayo zezindiza zaseMelika. I-Emirates njengamanje indizela emadolobheni ayi-12 ase-US: iNew York, Newark, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, DC, Orlando naseFort Lauderdale. Ngo-Okthoba wonyaka owedlule, i-Emirates yethule indlela yokuqala yebhayomethrikhi yokunikeza amakhasimende uhambo olubushelelezi nolungenamthungo esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Dubai International.
