New biometric immigration eGates will be activated at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
New biometric immigration eGates will be activated at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
In a statement by NAIA operator New NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC), the eGates will be deployed at the two terminals at NAIA that handles international flights – Terminals 1 and 3. The first phase is scheduled to go live starting December 2025, with the full deployment expected early next year.
Powered by Amadeus, the eGates will be operated by the Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) as part of an automated border-control system using passport scanning and facial recognition technology to reduce processing times. Once activated, it will work with other biometric passenger touchpoints across check-in, security screening, and boarding.
“Our goal is to make each part of the airport experience more comfortable for passengers,” said Ramon Ang, President, NNIC. “These eGates will help reduce bottlenecks at immigration and support the broader improvements we have been introducing across NAIA.”
In 2024, NAIA served over 50 million passengers – exceeding its originally designed capacity.
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