International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

Six news stories.

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IATA publishes standards to support rollout of contactless biometric ID for document-free international air travel

By Tom Phillips • • Updated • nfcw.com
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published a set of industry standards for a mechanism that will enable international air passengers to pass through all airport processes using only contactless biometric recognition technology by generating verified digital travel credentials and sending them to destination authorities and airlines in advance of travel... More

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Cilab adds support for NFC passport testing

By Tom Phillips • • Updated • nfcw.com
Cilab nfc tags used in digital passport illustration

PARTNER NEWS: NFC testing provider Cilab has released a test suite for use with its ci230 high-speed tester that enables epassport and other machine-readable travel document (MRTD) applications, devices and readers to be tested for conformance to international standards... More

EU sets out plans for contactless European identity cards

By Sarah Clark • • Updated • nfcw.com

Better security for ID documents: Council Presidency and European Parliament reach provisional agreement — The Council of the European Union — “Under the proposed new rules, identity cards will have to be produced in a uniform, credit card format (ID-1), include a machine-readable zone, and follow the minimum security standards set out by ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation). They will also need to include a photo and two fingerprints of the cardholder, stored in a digital format, on a contactless chip.”