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| Daegu International Airport / Korea Times file |
By Chyung Eun-ju, Park Si-soo
Daegu International Airport will launch its state-of-the-art immigration check system early next year, making it possible for Korean passengers to complete the check in 12 seconds.
The airport said the Smart Entry Service (SES) is being tested for its formal launch in early January. It plans to upgrade the system to benefit foreign passengers. SES checks passengers' identities with scanned passports, fingerprints and facial recognition.
"The installation of SES-based gates is almost complete," an official from the immigration service said. "We will soon conduct a trial and start the official operation of SES at Daegu International Airport at the end of this year or the start of next year."
The SES will bring a radical improvement to the airport's passenger throughput. A record 3.5 million people have travelled through Daegu airport in 2017, including 1.45 million outbound travelers, up 38 percent from 2016. The number is expected to rise as budget carriers open new routes on which Daegu is a popular stopover.
