Boarding passes will be vanished soon

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Sep 26, 2017, 07:15 PM

Boarding passes will be vanished soon

New Delhi, Sept 26: The government has been planning and begun work on ensuring a completely paperless aircraft boarding process under which a mobile phone is all that will be required to board domestic flights in India.

The aviation ministry is linking the databases of airlines and airports with passenger IDs such as Aadhaar and passport numbers for this.

Once this happens, says aviation secretary R N Choubey, passengers will be able to use biometrics to prove identity before entering terminals and will not have to show ID cards. A flight ticket or e-ticket will not be needed either as the airline database will show the details of the flight they are booked on.

The linked airport databases will show if the passenger has been through check-in and security check gates before being allowed access to the boarding gate closer to flight departure time.

"We have set up a special unit in Airports Authority of India for giving shape to this 'digi yatra' programme. Airport operators, especially from Bangalore and Hyderabad, are part of this as they have done a lot of work in this field," Choubey told media. International flyers, however, will need passports to travel.

"Airlines will also be able to know the last level the missing flyer was at in case he does not report for boarding in time," Choubey said.

This is presently done to ensure that only passengers who have cleared security checks board planes.

The government is trying to increasingly use the technology to offer a seamless boarding experience and bring down the cost of security personnel deployment, an official said.