1. GDRFA officials in Dubai announced that Dubai Airports will soon have ‘Smart Tunnels’ to speed up movement of passengers
2. The ‘Smart Tunnel’ technology was unveiled during the first day of the Gitex 37 technology show at World Trade Centre
3. It is the first of its kind in the world – a biometric system that works on face recognition technology, wherein the passenger can finish entry procedure within 15 seconds
4. GDRFA-Dubai will be co-ordinating with Emirates and Tesla for the Smart Tunnel project, as part of the government accelerators initiative

15 Seconds to Finish Passport Control at Dubai Airports

5. The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) is a government agency that regulates the residency and travel of foreigners in the emirate of Dubai
6. Dubai International Airport is the busiest airport in the world in terms of the volume of international passengers
7. DXB the third busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic and the busiest airport in the world operating with only two runways
8. In 2015, the GDRFA completed more than 65 million multi-category transactions and received 48 million passengers through Dubai Airports
9. Dubai International Airport expects more than 100 million passengers by the end of 2020