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Flight tickets to be the thing of the past! Check-in at airports may just require Aadhaar number, biometrics
In a bid to make air travel a smoother experience for travelers, civil aviation ministry is trying to do away with the need of various identity cards and flight tickets. So if you are a frequent domestic traveller, expect an express check-in at airport terminals, without carrying endless ID cards. The biometrics like fingerprint and iris will prove your identity. According to The Times of India report, the civil aviation ministry, under its 'digi yatra programme' is in the process of linking the databases of airlines and airports with passenger IDs such as Aadhaar and passport numbers.
"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. We will soon know the indicative cost of the project and time frame in which it can be implemented," aviation secretary R N Choubey Choubey informed Times of India (TOI)
The linked airline database will also do way with the need for a flight ticket or e-ticket. Moreover, it will help authorities know if the passenger has passed all security check gates before allowing him access to the boarding gate before flight departure.
"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.
By providing biometrics at each stage of airport process will also eliminate the requirement of stamping "security checked' on boarding cards.
Earlier this year, the decade-old practice of stamping hand baggage was done way with at seven airports after Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) conducted successful trial. The process was later expanded to ten more airports in the country. At present, 17 airports are stamp-free in the country.
http://www.businesstoday.in/top-sto...e-aadhaar-number-biometrics/story/260997.html
In a bid to make air travel a smoother experience for travelers, civil aviation ministry is trying to do away with the need of various identity cards and flight tickets. So if you are a frequent domestic traveller, expect an express check-in at airport terminals, without carrying endless ID cards. The biometrics like fingerprint and iris will prove your identity. According to The Times of India report, the civil aviation ministry, under its 'digi yatra programme' is in the process of linking the databases of airlines and airports with passenger IDs such as Aadhaar and passport numbers.
"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. We will soon know the indicative cost of the project and time frame in which it can be implemented," aviation secretary R N Choubey Choubey informed Times of India (TOI)
The linked airline database will also do way with the need for a flight ticket or e-ticket. Moreover, it will help authorities know if the passenger has passed all security check gates before allowing him access to the boarding gate before flight departure.
"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.
By providing biometrics at each stage of airport process will also eliminate the requirement of stamping "security checked' on boarding cards.
Earlier this year, the decade-old practice of stamping hand baggage was done way with at seven airports after Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) conducted successful trial. The process was later expanded to ten more airports in the country. At present, 17 airports are stamp-free in the country.
http://www.businesstoday.in/top-sto...e-aadhaar-number-biometrics/story/260997.html