On January 29, the first passengers on flight KL672 were able to board biometrically at gate 57 for their flight to the Netherlands. This is a first in Canada, and a first for a transcontinental flight to the European Union!  

Biometrics is a new boarding process that uses facial recognition technology. Unlike the usual process of presenting one’s passport to an agent, travellers simply present their face to a screen and place their passport against the electronic gate.   

This historic boarding is part of a multi-week pilot project at YUL, designed to test the concept of the Digital Travel Credential (DTC), a new standard issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).   

To find out more about the pilot project, click here: https://www.klm.ca/information/travel-documents/travel-canada/dtc-pilot.  

To visualize the biometric journey of a passenger departing from YUL to Schiphol airport, click here.  

Congratulations to the teams involved!