The Mumbai Airport became the first in the country to introduce Digi-Yatra, a technology-driven initiative that eliminates ‘boarding pas stamping’ for all domestic airlines operating out of Terminal 2, as said by an official today.
This latest technology has been proposed by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). Under this plan, passengers would be able to use facial recognition biometrics to go into airports and no other ID proof would be necessary.
Passengers travelling within the country from T2 can now authenticate their boarding pass at pre-embarkation security check point by scanning the boarding pass barcode or QR code on their mobile phones at the E-gate Reader, using the Live Passenger Dataset.
This authentication of boarding pass will remove the task of CISF checking personnel to stamp the boarding pass, thus save time, bringing a pleasant experience to passengers and improving the overall throughput of security check procedure.
This pilot initiative also aimed at reducing time involved in completing the many pre-flight boarding checks, a forward-looking technology-driven service offering seamless digital experience to passengers.
The self-service facility at the airport has significantly reduced the waiting time and queues at different touch points, as briefed by the spokesperson.
The Mumbai airport is the second busiest airport in India having two crossing runways — 09/27 (the main) and 14/32 (the secondary runway). While the primary runway handles upto 48 arrivals and departures per hour, the secondary runway has a capacity to handle 35 movements per hour. On an average, there are 970 flight arrivals and departures takes place on a daily basis at the Mumbai airport.
