Image Recognition
We expect to roll out face recognition in the fourth quarter of 2023,” Sheikh Faisal bin Saoud Al Qassimi, director of Sharjah Airport Authority, told Khaleej Times in an interview on Wednesday. In 2022, Sharjah Airport’s passenger traffic grew 84.73 per cent to over 13 million passengers, reaching closer to the pre-pandemic level of 13.6 million in 2019. “We anticipate a further five per cent increase (in passenger traffic by end of this year,” said Ali Salim Al Midfa, chairman of Sharjah Airport Authority. ALSO READ:Sheikh Faisal said Sharjah airport and the aviation sector recovered faster than expected after the pandemic. But with the clear vision of our government, we’ve achieved over 13 million passenger traffic in 2022,” he said.