Civil Aviation

Airports

With an unmatched expertise in airport operations, identity management, and cybersecurity, Thales ensures that safe and smooth air travel begins on the ground by providing a range of airport solutions based on the three pillars of intelligent security, a biometric passenger journey and operational efficiency.

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At Thales, we ensure smooth airport operations, the highest levels of safety and security, as well as an optimised and fluid travel experience for passengers - mastering ever greater complexity and every decisive moment along the way.

Safeguarding Airports

Airports today face the critical challenge of efficiently managing operations while ensuring the safety and security of travellers and infrastructure.

  1. Seamless Passenger Experience

    Fly To Gate solution enables a seamless biometric journey from check-in to boarding. Leveraging our expertise in biometrics, digital wallets, Travel Credentials, and cybersecurity, Fly To Gate aligns perfectly with IATA's One ID concept, ensuring both privacy and the protection of sensitive data.

  2. Optimised Operations

    Thales Airport Operations Control Centre (APOC) uses a unified, cloud-based intelligent integration platform to improve airport management, security and passenger experience. This intelligent platform collects and processes data from subsystems, sensors and other sources using automation, big data analytics and robust AI algorithms.

  3. Innovative Baggage Screening

    Thales’ HELIXVIEW™ cabin baggage scanner improves security screening with automatic threat detection using 3D tomography using carbon nanotubes. Lightweight and compact, it easily integrates into conveyor belts, allowing liquids and electronics to be left in baggage for smoother and more secure screening.

KEY FIGURES

5.2bn
air passengers in 2025

Our solutions

HELIXVIEW™

The lightest stationary CT scanner for the airport security checkpoint

  • Passenger experience & security
  • Civil Aviation
  • Airports
Thales Fly to Gate

Thales Fly to Gate

Delivering a seamless biometric journey and improving operations efficiency

  • Passenger experience & security
  • Public Security
  • National security
IoT cybersecurity

IoT Cybersecurity with Thales IoT SAFE

Addressing IoT cyber security through GSMA’s IoT SAFE specifications

  • eSIM, iSIM
  • IoT & connectivity
  • Cybersecurity

FIELDS OF APPLICATION

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