A Jet Airways flight out of Bangalore airport has started a pilot scheme enabling passengers to use their Aadhaar number for entry, check-in, security check and boarding. Other airports are poised to follow
Bangalore, Feb 7 2017: The hassles of airport entry and security check , may ease somewhat -- thanks to your Aadhaar number. Major airports like Hyderabad and Bangalore have launched pilot projects which allow passengers to use their Aadhaar numbers to enter the airport and check in at special kiosks.
Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, launched such a pilot project year and approached the Unique Identification Authority of India ( UIDAI) to formally endorse the procedure.
Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore has moved a step ahead. Last week it began implementing an Aadhaar-based paperless biometric verification system at various points for one flight of one airline: Jet Airways flight 9W 450 Bangalore- Mumbai.
At entry, a special kiosk scans the passenger's hand to match his or her ID. The boarding pass embedded with the Aadhaar number or a copy on a phone can be shown to authenticate the passenger with a show of his or her hand. At the frisking stage and boarding gate too, the passenger is identified by hand and provided with a paper stub with the flight details, that is produced at the aircraft door.
However passengers without Aadhaar number can still choose to be identified by the existing paper procedures. Mumbai and Delhi, may soon offer the Aadhaar option.
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See the full process flow at Bangalore airport
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