article_snippet.sent: The flight-booking site believes that major technological advances will have eliminated the need for check-in lines and desks.
article_snippet.sent: Instead, you will be able to drop your bag at automated points in the terminal.
article_snippet.sent: Forget having to carry a passport, digital scanning technology will make check-in a seamless process . '
article_snippet.sent: Biometric face recognition software and machine-readable passports - incorporating a digital boarding pass -
article_snippet.sent: will mean that clearing customs will take less than a minute, and high-speed laser molecular scanners will security check hand luggage in seconds as you walk past them toward the departure lounge without even breaking your stride,' Steve Tooze, special projects editor at The Future Laboratory tells MailOnline Travel.
article_snippet.sent: At Incheon airport in Seoul, South Korea, for example, departures will soon operate a biometric immigration system, using facial recognition and machine-readable passports, and at Singapore Changi Airport's T4, which is due to open in 2017, many similar technologies will also be utilised.
highlights_snippet.sent: Biometric scanning could revolutionise the airport check-in process .
  