The Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) on August 15 announced the soft launch of the Centre’s DigiYatra initiative, rolling out the beta version of its app for Android platforms. It has also been launched at the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru.
About DigiYatra initiative
- DigiYatra is a passenger processing system based on facial recognition technology.
- The project is being implemented by the DigiYatra Foundation — a joint-venture company whose shareholders are the Airports Authority of India (26% stake) and Bengaluru Airport, Delhi Airport, Hyderabad Airport, Mumbai Airport and Cochin International Airport.
- It has been piloted at the Delhi airport and has had the required infrastructure set up at the airport’s Terminal 3.
- DigiYatra envisages that travellers pass through various checkpoints at the airport through paperless and contactless processing, using facial features to establish their identity, which would be linked to the boarding pass.
- With this technology, the entry of passengers would be automatically processed based on the facial recognition system at all checkpoints – including entry into the airport, security check areas, aircraft boarding, etc.
- To use this facility, passengers will need to first download the DigiYatra app. Users can register on the app using Aadhaar credentials, followed by a selfie with the Aadhaar card. After this, vaccination details using CoWIN credentials will have to be added to the app.
- Then, the person will have to scan his or her boarding pass with the QR code or Bar code, after which the credentials will be shared with the airport.
- For entry into the airport, passengers will need to scan their boarding passes at the e-gate and look into the facial recognition system camera installed there.
- A similar method will be applicable for entry into other checkpoints.
