BANGKOK: -- Thai Immigration have announced they will install 16 automatic immigration clearance machines at Suvarnabhumi airport that will be fully operational by July 2015.
According to Choengron Rimphadee, the director of immigration clearance at Suvarnabhumi airport, eight machines will be placed at both arrival and departure halls and intended for use by pre-registered foreign residents.
The 16 machines will cost an estimated 76 million baht and should half the processing time to around 20 seconds per passenger, Pol Lt Col Choengron said.
Don Mueang airport will take delivery of four machines for its arrival and departure halls that will be operational by the end of the year.
Cutting the processing time to 20 seconds per passenger is all well and good if the user knows what they are doing. How many times have you seen people take ten minutes to print a boarding pass on an automated machine?
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