Passport-free travel is coming to 13 major UK airports. Here’s who can use it

Travelers flying through the United Kingdom may soon be able to keep their passports stowed away when crossing the border—but only at select locations. The UK is deploying new contactless border control checkpoints at its 13 international airports, using the Amadeus Seamless Gates developed by the global travel technology company Amadeus. Available for UK citizens, the new system will use facial recognition from images of travelers when arriving at an eGate. The biometric data is then veri...