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Aruba International Airport inaugurates

extension of Aruba Happy Flow

Passengers are already clearing immigration through the newly expanded
Automated Border Control solution with more state-of-the-art eGates serving both

Arrivals and Departures

Passengers traveling

through Queen Beatrix

International Airport

(Aruba Airport) have surely

noticed great changes

in the last months. It has

been almost a year since

Aruba Happy Flow pilot

project, the first 100%

self-service passenger

flow ever, has been

operational at the Airport,

with extremely positive

results: passengers from

28 different countries

have already testified

this unique contactless

experience, responsible

for a fast and convenient

passenger processing,

decreased waiting

times and certainly a

more relaxed journey

for passengers. To take

further advantage of

the potential of the ABC

technology available

today and get even better

results in the scope

of this modernization

program, the Aruba

Airport Authority (AAA),

manager and operator Self-service check-in Kiosks and ABC eGates at Aruba Airport

of the Aruba Airport, has

decided to expand the passengers who see monitoring all passenger digital Embarkation & Sales of Vision-Box,

solution at both Arrivals Aruba as an attractive operations. Integrated and Disembarkation remarks: “Aruba is riding

and Departures with touristic destination. with IASA’s system, a card (ED-card), a new the crest of the wave of

new Automated Border These new eGates are full-fledged management convenient and green passenger experience!

Control eGates. The goal already offering them a platform allows operating alternative to the existing Having given stage

is to streamline even more seamless immigration officers to monitor all paper version, which to the first ever 100%

the flow of all passengers, process, with no queues Automated Border can be easily completed self-service passenger

especially during the and no hassle – since Control eGates through a by the passengers with journey, Queen Beatrix

peak tourist seasons. the inauguration, more smartphone, supervising the required information International Airport is

The ABC eGates in than 20,000 passengers all operations and before embarking on their having the privilege to feel

operation alongside have already been passenger processing journey. This means that, what Aruba Happy Flow

the Aruba Happy Flow processed! For the Aruba status, biometric captures, as soon as this digital is about: happy, returning

eGates at Arrivals have Immigration Services identification document document becomes passengers. Adding

already processed to (IASA), this upgrade security features and mandatory, the ABC the recent expansion of

date more than 130,000 means a significant authentication response, eGates will only clear eGates is just a natural

passengers from 33 enhancement of security results of background passengers upon Arrival step towards increased

different countries. Also levels as they are relying checks, VISA status, that have successfully efficiency, safety and a

in December, a dedicated on secure and robust among other possibilities. submitted their ED-card, welcoming passenger-

Automated Border Control common-use biometric in addition to all the checks friendly airport. At Vision-

area was inaugurated passenger touch points Furthermore, this already being performed. Box we are really proud

for USA Departures, to and a powerful software innovative inspector Jean-François Lennon, to have embarked on this

address the increasing suite integrating the software integrates data Vice-President for Global life-changing journey!”

flow of American entire infrastructure and related to the announced Business Development

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