The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has recommended travelers use Digi Yatra for hassle-free travel while the G20 Summit is currently taking place in the city. Passengers can promptly enter the airport and breeze through pre-security inspections with the help of this mobile application.
“Effortlessly breeze through Delhi Airport with facial recognition as your exclusive boarding pass, and contribute to congestion reduction during the G20 Summit,” the MoCA wrote in a tweet.
A Digi Yatra is what?
In order to provide efficient passenger processing at airports using facial recognition technology (FRT), the “Digi Yatra” app has been released. The travelers can take their time passing through each touchpoint. By using facial characteristics to verify their identity and travel information, passengers can pass through numerous checkpoints at airports using paperless and contactless processing, which can shorten the procedure from entry checks to security checks by up to 25 minutes.
The airport in Delhi’s “Digi Yatra” facilities:
All boarding gates of Terminal 1, Terminal 2, and Terminal 3 have been DigiYatra-enabled. More than 2,500 passengers use the facility every day at the airport.
when was ‘Digi Yatra’ first introduced?
On December 1st, 2022, Jyotiraditya Scindia announced the beginning of the “Digi Yatra.” This new system is being implemented by the government gradually. The app was initially launched in three airports: Bengaluru, Varanasi, and New Delhi. This was subsequently placed in airports in Vijayawada, Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, etc.
