A passenger scans her boarding pass on a self-service boarding machine equipped with facial recognition capabilities at the T1 terminal of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, China, 15 October 2018. The Terminal 1 building at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport officially reopened on Monday morning after three years of renovation, featuring streamlined check-in and boarding procedures. The new T1 includes China¯s first self-service check-in that allows passengers to print tickets, check in luggage and board, all without queuing at staffed counters. The new terminal received a total of 2, 239 passengers with Spring Airlines during the morning peak hours as of 9am on Monday, 86 percent of whom chose to use the automated system, the Shanghai Airport Authority said. Thanks to these new self-service features, the usual congestion and long lines in front of check-in counters and security checks have been largely relieved, Zhang Zheng, general manager with the airport service department of the budget carrier, said. °It takes 15 seconds on average for passengers without luggage to finish check-in, while the luggage check-in process takes a minute on average, ± Zhang said. *** Local Caption ***
