Saudi Arabia · eGates · biometric border control
Airport e-gates programme
In operation
Arab News reported on 11 March 2025, citing the Saudi Press Agency, that SDAIA had installed 152 automated e-gates with the General Directorate of Passports and Matarat Holding at airports in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Madinah 1. SDAIA said the gates link to visa, biometric and airline systems. Gulf News reported on 1 March 2025 that 70 e-gates with facial recognition opened at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, each able to handle 2,500 passengers a day, after earlier roll-outs at Riyadh and Neom Bay 2. No contract, vendor, cost or audit was found in the sources reviewed.
Key terms
- Buyer
- Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), with the General Directorate of Passports and Matarat Holding
- Vendor
- Not published
- Vendor based in
- Not confirmed
- Signed
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Value
- Not published
- Funding
- Not published
- Procurement route
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- System ownership
- Not published
- Data terms
- Gates are integrated with visa, biometric and airline operations systems (SDAIA, as reported 11 March 2025). Storage terms not published
Sources
- Arab News: Saudi tech authority helps drive national digital transformation with e-gates at Kingdom's airports (11 March 2025)
- Gulf News: Saudi Arabia, 70 E-gates launched at Jeddah airport to speed up travel for 175,000 passengers daily (1 March 2025)
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