miSense

miSense - the connected journey

miSense was designed to test the principles contained within the Ideal Process Flow developed through IATA’s Simplifying Passenger Travel Programme.

One of the underpinning principles of the Ideal Process Flow is to collect and verify traveller identity information as early as possible and by using the same information throughout the remainder of the airport journey, facilitate easier air travel while maintaining high standards of security and identity management.

Several journey stages were linked together to create a single travel experience including check-in, entry to security screening, aircraft boarding and automated self-service border clearance.

During the sixteen week trial held at London Heathrow Airport, more than 3,000 travellers participated in what is widely regarded as one of the most comprehensive trials of biometrically enabled access control to be conducted in an operational transport environment.

miSense was developed and delivered by a consortium of nine private and Government sector organisations and was conceived, developed and delivered within twelve months.

The summary report outlines how the miSense services operated and the key findings recorded.  By any measure, the miSense trial has been a great success and we hope you find the report useful.

The miSense trial was a collaboration between Accenture, BAA, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, IER, Raytheon, Sagem, SITA & UKBA