The Mumbai Airport, one of the country's busiest airport, has introduced Digi-Yatra, a government proposal that promotes paperless and tranquil air travel, which eliminate 'boarding pass stamping' for all domestic airlines operating out of Terminal 2.
The Digi-Yatra is an industry-led initiative co-ordinate by the Ministry of Civil Aviation in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital India's vision to change the nation into a digitally empowered society.
GVK Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL), the company that administers Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), is now prepared with the latest technology that will scan boarding pass barcode to allow air passengers enter an airport.
MIAL is a Public Private Partnership joint scheme between a GVK-led association and the Airports Authority of India.
"This makes it the first ever airport in the country to introduce Digi Yatra planned by Ministry of Civil Aviation and Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, the watchdog of Aviation Security in India," MIAL said in a statement on Monday.
Passengers traveling within the country from Terminal 2 can now validate their boarding pass at pre-embarkation sanctuary checkpoint by scanning the boarding pass barcode or QR code on the mobile phones at the E-gates Reader, using the Live Passenger Dataset.
This confirmation of boarding pass will eradicate the accountability of CISF physical checking personnel to stamp the boarding pass, thus saving their time, bringing a melodious knowledge to passengers and humanizing the overall throughput of security check procedure.
This pilot feature introduced by CSMIA aims at plummeting time involved in completing the many pre-flight boarding checks. It is a forward-looking service that is technology-driven and offers seamless digital experience to passengers. The self-service facility at the airport has significantly reduced the waiting time and queues at various touch points.
The Mumbai airport also has equipped terminals with various self-service check-in facilities and pioneered facilities like check-in kiosks, generating boarding pass and baggage tags through CUSS, and use of self-baggage drop facility for a faster check-in experience, it added.
