IATA looking at experience of India, other countries for standards on contactless process at airportsIATA is a grouping of around 300 airlines, including various Indian carriers, and its members account for about 83 per cent of the global a...
07 Dec, 2022, 06.01 PM IST
Soon, your face would be enough to enter airports, board flightsGovt plans to roll out the digi yatra service at two airports in Hyderabad and Bangalore that will later be extended to Varanasi, Kolkata, ...
22 Jan, 2019, 04.13 PM IST
DGCA puts in place norms for digi yatra roll-out at airportsAn initiative of the civil aviation ministry and the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), the facility seeks to minimise paperwork for...
21 Jan, 2019, 10.51 PM IST
Fake e-ticket cases at airports in 2018 highest in four years; agencies mull unique IDSecurity agencies want to check illegal entry by usage of biometric or barcode-based entry of passengers.
30 Dec, 2018, 10.06 PM IST
Plan to go paperless at airports hits Aadhaar hurdleThe other options that could be used for identification are the passport or an identity card but the feasibility of using an identity card ...
04 Jul, 2018, 06.52 AM IST
AAI chooses 3 airports for biometric-enabled boarding process projectThe biometric access system project would be carried out on a pilot basis at the three airports.
22 Mar, 2018, 06.21 PM IST
Aadhaar-linked seamless air travel from next yearCome 2018 and domestic flyers out of Kolkata, Ahmebadad and Vijayawada will whiz through airports if they link their Aadhaar number to air ...
22 Nov, 2017, 12.38 PM IST
Bengaluru airport to become India’s first fully Aadhaar-enabled by 2018BIAL executive director and president Hari Marar said the new move will speed up the validation process and provide a significant increase ...
08 Oct, 2017, 12.11 PM IST
Roll out of biometric entry passes at airports delayed againThe government has decided to provide biometric entry passes for employees of airlines, airports, ground handling agencies and other indivi...
11 Jun, 2017, 05.32 PM IST
Opposition punches holes in Aadhaar schemeOn fake Aadhaar cards, Chandrashekar said the government has inherited "100 crore unverified database" created prior to bringing the law in...
10 Apr, 2017, 06.15 PM IST
Now, Aadhaar for getting on a plane?The aviation ministry had been toying with the idea of linking Aadhar numbers to air travel bookings and then enabling biometric access pos...
05 Apr, 2017, 10.10 AM IST
BCAS has given nod to e-boarding at airports: GovernmentWith the implementation of e-boarding facility, a domestic passenger at RGIA needs only a mobile e-boarding card and his Aadhaar number to ...
21 Mar, 2017, 05.49 PM IST
Aadhaar-based ID cards for airport employees from January 1"From January 1, all AEPs will be made using the Aadhaar number of the individual working or employed at the airport. A committee constitut...
28 Dec, 2016, 12.55 PM IST
You may soon enter Bengaluru airport with Aadhaar cardBengaluru airport is currently testing the feasibility of the concept with technology vendors Morpho of France and Vision Box of Portugal.
02 Nov, 2016, 02.44 PM IST
Hyderabad's RGIA becomes first airport to offer e-boarding facilityThe seamless facility covers all the boarding processes right from entry in the terminal building of the airport to boarding the aircraft, ...
28 Dec, 2015, 03.45 PM IST
GMR Hyderabad International Airport gets nod for e-boarding facilityGMR Hyderabad International Airport has received approval for implementing end-to-end e-boarding for domestic passengers.
12 Aug, 2015, 10.53 PM IST
Home Ministry may soon give nod to allowing Aadhar card as e-KYC for entry at airportsSecurity at Indian airports has been a major issue in the past but a senior Ministry official said use of e-KYC would in fact increase the ...
07 Nov, 2014, 04.38 AM IST