Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed congratulated the team behind the Red-Carpet Travel Corridor at Dubai International Airport after it won the Dubai-it Award for Government Projects. The General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai developed the corridor to let passengers complete clearance without presenting documents or stopping.

The Emirates News Agency reported on 20 October that the corridor uses artificial intelligence and biometric recognition to verify identity and can process up to 10 passengers at once. Results cited by officials put clearance time below five seconds, capacity at ten times that of traditional lanes and passenger satisfaction above 99%.