Market Overview

Global Airport Kiosk Market size was valued at USD 2.10 Billion in 2024 and is poised to grow from USD 2.7 Billion in 2025 to USD 7.2 Billion by 2034, growing at a CAGR of 8.5% in the forecast period (2025-2034).

The industry of airport kiosks is undergoing a transformation due to the digitization of airport operations and the rising demand for automated passenger processing alternatives. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), air passenger traffic increased by 52.4% as of March 2023 in comparison to the previous year, and this called for investing in processing systems that would promptly assist air passengers. The increase in passenger traffic has now led to airports all over the world investing in state-of-the-art self-service technologies to provide integrated solutions, which inter alia consolidate traditional check-in operations with advanced features such as biometric authentication and contactless operation. The integration of modern airport technology is deepening into airport kiosk solutions with many airports instigating complete airport digital transformation strategies. For instance, in September 2023, Hamad International Airport, Atos, and Royal Schiphol Group launched Passenger Digital Assistance Kiosks that enable an almost completely seamless passenger journey by providing live video calls to customer service agents. Similarly, the August 2023 upgrade of 400 SITA self-service kiosks in all major European airports stands as a testimony to an industry's commitment to enrich the airport passenger experience with functionalities like contactless payments and Payment Card Industry-standard secure payment services. The industry is undergoing a major shift towards integration of baggage handling solutions, as recent implementations in leading airports suggest.

An airport in Hyderabad launched one of the earliest self-baggage drop facilities in June 2023 through the installation of eight fully automated self-baggage machines, each equipped with a scanner, scale, and sensors, that enables a passenger to check in baggage in under a minute. According to the forecast by the Airport Council International predicting a total of 153.8 million aircraft activities globally by 2041, the implementation of efficient baggage handling systems shall be necessitated. There are also newer adoption trends developing in biometric and smart gate solutions to provide increases in security while easing passenger flow. The smart gates have turned out to be a massive success at Dubai International Airport, with more than 100 million passengers using the 122 smart gates, thereby showcasing the strength of automated border control solutions. The installation of the highest-end biometric systems at the key airports has reinforced the trend in that these systems combine facial recognition, fingerprint scanning, and many other forms of advanced authentication to safeguard and speed up passenger processing while keeping security standards very high.

Market Dynamics - Market Drivers

Rising Demand for Contactless Travel Solutions to Enhance Passenger Experience and Safety

• The need to decrease physical contact during travel has massively fuelled the acceptance of airport kiosks worldwide. Post-COVID-19 pandemic, all health and safety considerations have come to the fore in the minds of travellers and airport authorities. Considering these changing standards, self-service kiosks have been developed for touchless, efficient, and user-friendly operation, as opposed to the traditional manned counters. Passengers carry out processes independently on the kiosks, which include check-in, baggage tagging, seat selection, and boarding pass printing, hence allowing for lesser face-to-face interaction and queue formation.
• Kiosks are increasingly being recognized by airports as contributing to the gross passenger experience. By automating the mundane ones, kiosks help relieve congestion at counters, particularly during peak times of travel, thereby increasing customer satisfaction and allowing airports to redirect their staff towards more complex or customer relations matters. Also, kiosks provide multilingual interfaces, which enhance the convenience of the travel experience for international passengers.
• As kiosks are also facilitating digital transformation and operational efficiencies at large, airports and airlines are pouring investments into kiosk-related technologies to upgrade their infrastructure, bring down operational costs, and ensure a joined-up passenger journey. Moreover, integrating them with mobile and biometric technologies only adds to their prowess, thereby assisting in speedy yet more secure processing.

Growing Air Passenger Traffic Prompting Airports to Improve Operational Efficiency Through Automation

• As global air travel recoils from the clutches of the pandemic, airport managers face the mounting challenge of efficiently handling mounting passenger volume. More daily travellers passing through airport terminals posits less efficacy and much more time on traditional manual processes. Self-service kiosks are therefore being pursued by many airports as a concerted effort to speed up throughput and correspondingly alleviate human resource capacity.
• In this way, a self-service kiosk automates the basic functions of the airport, such as check-in, seat selection, baggage tag printing, and immigration documentation. When passengers carry out these jobs themselves, kiosks help reduce queuing times at service counters and keep queues shorter, particularly at the zenith of peak hours in travel. This greatly improves the passenger experience, as a quicker flow of people and greater influence over their journey is afforded to the traveller.
• Kiosks, in fact, improve the employment process. Kiosk implementation means that staff are no longer assigned to repetitive, routine tasks and can be redeployed to more pressing or customer-centric roles, thereby improving service efficiency. This becomes especially useful in major international hubs where crowd control and handling time-sensitive processes are critical to smooth airport flow.
• Kiosk embedding also promotes the scalability of operations. With air travel continuing to recover and grow, airports can contend with future growth by scaling their self-service offerings, rather than courted by equal growth in staffing or terminal real estate. To summarize, airport kiosks are, in fact, a facilitator by which air hubs deal with an increasing number of passengers in an environment that is dynamic, competitive, and keeps high operational, safety, and efficiency standards.

Market Opportunities

Integration of AI and Biometrics in Kiosks Creating Smart Airport Infrastructure Opportunities

• Technological advancements are allowing airport kiosks to be transformed into intelligent, multifunctional systems providing services beyond just check-in. As the evolution goes on, these technologies have considered self-service kiosks a more secure, efficient, and personalized way for passengers to interact. They allow for smooth identity verification without the use of any physical document or contact, thereby considerably decreasing the time involved in the procedure check-in and boarding.
• Fast recognition of a passenger via face or biometric systems enhances the speed and security. Asking passengers to attach their biometric data to their travel documents and boarding passes via kiosks allows them to check in passengers, drop their luggage, and even get in through immigration within seconds. With such checks, manual verifications at multiple touchpoints vanish, granting a fluid, highly convenient airport experience for the passenger.
• Furthermore, machine learning algorithms provide the touch with adaptive interface capabilities; these interfaces can learn about individual passenger preferences, language settings, and frequent flyer profiles. This added layer of customization makes the experience more enjoyable and user friendly, thereby increasing passenger satisfaction.

Market Restraining Factors

High Initial Investment and Maintenance Costs Hindering Widespread Adoption in Smaller Airports

• The implementation of self-service kiosks presents a full gamut of opportunities and challenges. From delays in completing the permitting process to acquisition and installation site-by-site, the costs are considerable. One of the biggest stumbling blocks is the initial capital expenditure needed for acquisition and installation of the hardware and the software required for enhanced operational capabilities. Getting into which I think is relevant, even the hardware being selected, the actual integration of these kiosks in the pre-existing airport infrastructure, such as tying into the airline database, security systems, or passenger management system.
• In general, airport kiosk investments cannot be looked at as one-time purchases. Technical support must be provided for maintenance purposes, as well as updates to software for keeping the things running smoothly and conformant to cybersecurity standards. Those continued costs can strain budgets at small airports that may already be constrained by such factors as lower passenger volumes and adjunct revenue sources.
• To that end, the ROI from installing self-service kiosks in regional or lower-tier airports may not be immediately justifiable. Fewer travellers daily and smaller terminals mean the cost savings and efficiency benefits brought by automation are often not as evident as they are for big international hubs. Consequently, such airports may choose to either defer or withhold kiosk implantation altogether, thus limiting market growth and denying in certain locations access to the modernized traveling experience.
• Further, managing and troubleshooting kiosk systems can become very hard to manage for a smaller airport without technical expertise in-house; this dependency on external vendors for support only increases operational expenses. Therefore, despite their strategic significance, high costs and resource requirements still inhibit kiosk adoption in smaller aviation facilities.

Segmentation Analysis

The market scope is segmented because of By Component, By Functionality, By Airport Type.

By Component

• Based on the Component of the market is segmented into Hardware, Software, Services.

Having the biggest market share, hardware provides that very crucial enablement for self-service functionalities. Hardware, in this definition of the word, consists of the physical structure of kiosks such as touchscreen displays, boarding pass printers, passport scanners, or biometric sensors (these might include facial recognition cameras or fingerprint scanners), payment terminals, and bag tag printers. Such physical systems are a must for any functionality, be it check-in, baggage drop, or immigration clearance; basically, they have constituted the backbone for any kiosk deployment.

Larger airports invest heavily in hardware that would stand the test of constant use and handling large numbers of passengers. On the other hand, international airports such as Heathrow International and Changi International are endowed with at least hundreds of advanced kiosks across their terminals to ensure effective traffic flow. Normally, these kiosks would be outfitted with a large display, an intuitive interface, multiple language support, and biometric functionality to expedite passenger processing.

The software segment complements the hardware with interface and data processing, provides individualized services, secure data processing, real-time airline and airport database integration, and cloud-based control capabilities. Software supports personalization and analytics mapping services to give operational insights. But these aspects, albeit critical from the start, represent a relatively LOWER market share in comparison to hardware because of the initial hardware cost and scalability.

Services include installation, integration, technical support, and maintenance. The increasing complexity of kiosk technology is fuelling demand for managed services, mostly in smaller airports that lack internal IT resources.

By Functionality

• Based on the Functionality of the market is segmented into Check-In Kiosks, Baggage Check-In Kiosks, Security Screening Kiosks, Immigration & Border Control Kiosks, Ticketing & Payment Kiosks, Information & Wayfinding Kiosks.

Among the different types of services, check-in kiosks are by far the highest in numbers and an important segment in the airport kiosk market. Here, passengers can independently complete check-in, choose seats, and print boarding passes, cutting down the wait time and dependence on airline staff. These kiosks have gained immense popularity because of streamlining operations, improving passengers' convenience, and handling the increased volume of travellers.

Check-in kiosks work in practically all airports: domestic or international types. For example, large networks of check-in kiosks at major hubs like Dubai International Airport and JFK Airport facilitate the daily transit of thousands of passengers. These systems provide bilingual support, real-time integration with airline systems, and biometric identification for rapid processing.

Baggage check-in kiosks take second place in terms of popularity; these kiosks print baggage tags, permitting users to proceed to baggage drop counters directly, unburdening them from the counter congestion. Also, baggage drops kiosks expedite the processes of baggage acceptance and handling.

Screening kiosks help manage the passenger flow and verify documents before the entrance into the secured zones, to expedite the processes outside the checkpoints. International airports particularly recognize the importance of immigration and border control kiosks. These integrate with government systems and use facial recognition or e-passport scanning to expedite identity verification.

Ticketing and payment kiosks for passengers to buy tickets or upgrades, or pay for excess baggage, usually stand near airport entrances or airline counters. Informational and wayfinding kiosks direct passengers with wayfinding, flight information, and terminal maps, improving customer navigation and experience.

Regional Snapshots

By region, Dominating the market currently is North America on account of mature aviation, whereby passenger convenience had been prioritized, along with the population's early adoption of self-service technology. Various key airports throughout the U.S. and Canada have almost maximized the deployment of check-in, baggage drop, and biometric kiosks to optimally use capacity and avoid congestion, including Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International and Toronto Pearson. The region thus continues its dominance due to the presence of major technology vendors and regulatory encouragement of automation.

Europe holds a considerable chunk of the market on account of stringent security regulations and enhanced emphasis on seamless travel experience. Majority of airports, such as London Heathrow, Frankfurt, and Schiphol have heavily invested in smart kiosks for border control and passenger processing. The market across the region is gaining impetus due to biometric integration, multi-lingual support, and contactless travel solutions.

Asia-Pacific is the fastest-growing region, supported by the booming air travel, expansion of airport infrastructure, and digital transformation of the emerging economies such as China, India, and Southeast Asia. With apparently rising passenger volumes, governments and private airport operators are choosing to implement kiosks to reduce congestion and improve service delivery. Airports of China and Singapore use AI-powered and facial recognition kiosks to realize "smart airports."

Middle East & Africa and Latin America are still emerging regions with the increasing adoption of kiosk technologies. The Middle East, spearheaded by Dubai International and Hamad International airports, is attempting to invest in high-tech terminals to cater to international transit traffic. Latin America is slowly embracing kiosks as a means of modernizing its airports and handling passengers better, although they may not be to a wide extent due to economic constraints.

Recent Developments

In July 2023, SITA signed a deal with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to support and provide technology to 43 of the country’s biggest airports. Under the agreement, SITA will deploy its IATA-certified solutions, including SITA Flex, CUPPS, SITA CUSS, and SITA Bag Manager, which will offer more efficiency to airlines and ground handlers. The adoption of cloud solutions will also benefit passengers through a low-touch, efficient check-in, bag drop, and collection process via assisted and self-service mechanisms.

In March 2023, as part of its modernization program, the Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) signed a contract with Materna IPS to implement several self-service check-in and bag drop systems across the airport. These check-in kiosks would allow passengers to check in on-site and print their bag tags before dropping off baggage at one of the self-bag drop systems. The Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) handled around 20 million passengers throughout 2023. The airport is focusing on future-proofing its technologies to help improve efficiency, enhance passenger experience, and meet increasing demand.

List of Companies Profiled

• Materna IPS GmbH
• NCR Voyix Corporation
• ICTS Europe SA
• Amadeus IT Group SA
• KIOSK Information Systems
• Collins Aerospace
• Thales Group
• SITA
• IER
• Olea Kiosks Inc.
• And More.

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