mobanmarketDomestic flyers can now fly out of Delhi, Bengaluru and Varanasi by registering for DigiYatra, which allows entry of air passengers based on a facial recognition system.
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Apart from Delhi, DigiYatra is being launched at Varanasi and Bangalore airports on Thursday.
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How does DigiYatra work?
To avail of the service, a passenger has to register their details on the DigiYatra app using Aadhaar-based validation and a self-image capture. In the next step, the boarding pass has to be scanned and the credentials are shared with the airport.
At the airport e-gate, the passenger has to first scan the bar-coded boarding pass and the facial recognition system installed at the e-gate will validate the passenger’s identity and travel document. Once this process is done, the passenger can enter the airport through the e-gate.
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The passenger will have to follow the normal procedure to clear the security and board the aircraft.
DigiYatra, data and safety
Digi Yatra Foundation, a not-for-profit company, is the nodal body for DigiYatra.
The foundation’s shareholders are Airport Authority of India (AAI), Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL), Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL), Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (HIAL) and Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL).
After launching DigiYatra, which is based on facial recognition technology, at the airport in Delhi, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said data shared by the passengers will be stored in an encrypted format and in a decentralised manner.
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More airports to get DigiYatra soon
DigiYatra will be launched at four more airports — Hyderabad, Pune, Vijayawada and Kolkata — by March next year.
Later, DigiYatra will be rapidly rolled out across all other airports, Scindia said on Thursday.
At present, Air India, Vistara and IndiGo are part of DigiYatra.
A SpiceJet official said the airline will join the DigiYatra initiative soon.
“We are working on the implementation of DigiYatra,” a Go First spokesperson said.
DigiYatra app is available on Android and ioS platforms. Currently, at the Delhi airport, DigiYatra will be available for passengers taking domestic flights from Terminal 3 (T3).
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The soft launch of the beta version of DigiYatra app was done on August 15 a the Delhi Airport.
Benefits of DigiYatra
Talking about the benefits of facial recognition technology being used at airports, the minister said it is helping save time for passengers at various international airports, including Dubai, Singapore, Atlanta, and Narita (Japan).
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At Atlanta airport, the time taken is around “9 minutes per aircraft boarding”, he added.
Scindia said DigiYatra provides a seamless process from the entry point until the embarkation point on planes, and no identification or boarding pass has to be shown by the passengers.
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