HIA installs PPE vending machines for passengers
THE Hamad International Airport (HIA) has installed vending machines with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) across key passenger touchpoints throughout the terminal.
The newly introduced vending machines allow arriving, departing and transferring passengers to easily access various disposable and reusable PPE equipment, including face masks, disposable gloves, hand sanitisers, disinfecting wipes, as well as commonly bought over-the-counter pharmacy items such as vitamins and personal care products.
The installations come as part of the airport’s strategy to introduce and deploy a series of preventive and precautionary measures in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Passengers can also find PPE and last-minute travel essentials in retail stores located across the terminal.
The airport has also become one of the first to offer a unique facial recognition enabled technology, that provides passengers with a contactless and safe journey. HIA introduced this paperless airport experience by combining passenger’s ight, passport, and facial biometric information in a single travel token’ at the self-check-in kiosk.
Passengers can now use biometric-enabled check-in kiosks to take their photo and scan their passport and boarding pass. This digital identity record makes the passenger’s face their pass at key airport touchpoints, such as self-service bag-drop, pre-immigration, and self-boarding gates.
HIA maintains stringent cleaning procedures in line with international standards. The airport continues to implement a 1.5m physical distancing across all passenger touchpoints around the airport, through oor markings, signage and distanced seating. All passenger touchpoints are sanitised regularly and all gates and bus gate counters cleaned after each ight. HIA’s retail and food and beverage outlets encourage contactless and cashless transactions through electronic cards.