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title: "AI Checkout for Airport Food and Retail"
description: "Travelers have little time to wait. See how HMSHost rolled out Mashgin AI checkout at eight U.S. airports and what it measured."
url: "https://faq.mashgin.com/faq/airport-self-checkout"
updated: "2026-10-15"
---

## Is Mashgin a good fit for airports?

Yes. Airport food and retail outlets face short, unpredictable rushes as flights board and land, and travelers have little time to wait. In 2021, HMSHost, one of the largest airport food and beverage operators, [began deploying Mashgin at eight U.S. airports](https://travelmarketsinsider.net/hmshost-speeds-up-service-across-8-airports-with-mashgins-computer-vision-self-checkout/). HMSHost said checkout can take about 10 seconds and called it 400% faster than traditional point of sale. Mashgin's audits of airport stores also found loss rates below the industry average.

## What airports use Mashgin?

HMSHost's 2021 rollout brought Mashgin to Charlotte Douglas, Dallas/Fort Worth, Chicago O'Hare, Kansas City, Las Vegas Harry Reid, Lihue, Los Angeles International, and Phoenix Sky Harbor airports.