Hitachi Vantara, the digital infrastructure and solutions subsidiary of Hitachi, is applying new artificial intelligence technologies to help airlines and airports solve some of their greatest challenges. The Silicon Valley-based company's technology aims to eliminate travel delays caused by congestion at check-in, security, retail and aircraft boarding areas. Hitachi Vantara has developed solutions that combine computer vision with video analytics and machine learning to help airline and airport staff identify when and where congestion and delays are occurring and take action to address them. The solution is already being piloted by a major US airline, and Hitachi Vantara hopes to implement the technology at more US airports in time for the 2020 holiday season. The Lumada Video Insights solution uses lidar to produce a 3D visual model of the airport and the movement of travelers, equipment and luggage in real time.