Ke koi hou nei ʻo Emirates i nā palena o ka ʻenehana, e lilo ana i mokulele mua ma waho o ʻAmelika e loaʻa ka ʻae ʻia no ka holo biometric mai ka US Customs Border Protection (CBP).
ʻAʻole koke, hiki i nā mea kūʻai lele mai Dubai a i kekahi o nā wahi 12 Emirates ma US ke koho i ka ʻenehana ʻike maka ma nā puka haʻalele, e hōʻemi ana i ka manawa i lawe ʻia no ka nānā ʻana i ʻelua kekona a i ʻole. ʻAʻole koi ʻia ka hoʻopaʻa inoa mua, a hiki i nā mea kūʻai aku ke koho ʻaʻole e hoʻohana i ka ʻenehana. ʻAʻole mālama ʻo Emirates i nā moʻolelo biometric o kāna mea kūʻai aku - mālama ʻia nā ʻikepili āpau e CBP.
Ua hoʻokele ʻia ka ʻenehana ma nā puka haʻalele o nā mokulele Emirates mai Dubai a New York a me Los Angeles ma nā manawa kiʻekiʻe o Iulai a me ʻAukake. Ua paipai ʻia nā hopena me kekahi mau mokulele e loaʻa ana i ka 100% biometric boarding a me ka zero manual checks. Manaʻo ka mokulele e hoʻolako i ka papa biometric no kāna mau huakaʻi US a pau i ka hopena o ka makahiki, ke paʻa ka lako.
Pehea ka holo ʻana o ka papa biometric: ma ka ʻīpuka kau, kaomi ka ʻōnaehana i ke kiʻi o ka mea hele, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka hale kiʻi CBP i ka manawa maoli e hōʻoia i ka ʻike o ke kanaka i loko o ʻelua kekona a i ʻole. ʻAʻole paha e hana ka ʻōnaehana no ka poʻe i hele ʻole i ka US no ka manawa lōʻihi a i ʻole nā kiʻi i loko o ka hale kiʻi CBP, a laila hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokokoke wale i nā pākaukau puka.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dr Abdulla Al Hashimi, ka Hope Pelekikena Nui, Emirates Group Security: "E mau ana ka palekana a me ka palekana i kā mākou mea nui, ʻoiai e hoʻomau ana ʻo Emirates e ʻimi a hoʻopukapuka i nā hopena hou no ka huakaʻi hele ʻole e kōkua i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku e lele maikaʻi. ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu nui e kōkua i kā mākou poʻe kaʻa e hele me ka pepa ʻole, me ka ʻole o ka pono o nā passport a me nā ID. ʻO ka papa biometric kahi hana hou i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā kaʻina hana ma kā mākou hub me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana kikohoʻe, e mālama i ka manawa o kā mākou mea kūʻai aku a hāʻawi iā lākou i ka maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo. Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou me nā luna o kekahi mau ʻāina e hana i ka palekana me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana ʻike maka i ʻoi aku ka ʻae a hiki ke loaʻa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo John Wagner, Hope Executive Assistant Commission, Office of Field Operations, US Customs and Border Protection: "Ua hana pū ʻo CBP me kā mākou poʻe kuleana e like me Emirates e kūkulu i kahi kaʻina huakaʻi maʻalahi akā paʻa e kūlike me ka CBP a me nā hana hoʻoikaika o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi. Ma ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka helehelena o kahi huakaʻi i kā lākou passport a i ʻole kiʻi visa i hāʻawi mua ʻia no ke kumu o ka huakaʻi, ua hōʻoia mākou i ka hōʻoia ʻike e hoʻopaʻa hou a hoʻonui i ka ʻike o ka mea kūʻai aku.
E lilo ka hoʻolaha i mea hoʻoikaika no ka AVSEC Global 2019, e mālama ʻia ana mai ka Lāpule, 22 a i ka Pōʻalua, 24 Kepakemapa ma JW Marriott Marquis, Dubai. ʻO ka symposium kekahi o nā hanana palekana mokulele koʻikoʻi ma ka ʻāina a ʻo kekahi o nā mea nui loa ma ka honua.
I Iune, ua hoʻokō ʻo Emirates i ka papa biometric no nā poʻe holo ma kāna mau mokulele ʻo Washington-Dubai. Manaʻo ka mokulele e ʻōwili i kēia ʻenehana ma waena o kāna mau mokulele huakaʻi US. Holo ʻo Emirates i kēia manawa i 12 mau kūlanakauhale US: New York, Newark, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, DC, Orlando a me Fort Lauderdale. I ʻOkakopa i ka makahiki i hala, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Emirates i ke ala biometric mua o ka honua e hāʻawi i nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi huakaʻi maʻalahi a maʻemaʻe ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Dubai International.
