Facial Recognition Technology Coming to Indian Airport
by Neelam Mathews - October 10, 2018, 11:22 AM As ailing Indian airlines struggle to cope with delays at congested airports, the ministry of civil aviation hopes a recently released policy on biometric digital processing of passengers at airports will bring reprieve to carriers as passenger-clearing processes get faster. The system, dubbed “Digi Yatra” (Digital Journey), does away with the need to show a boarding pass or identification at multiple checkpoints once a traveler completes a one-time registration. The system is not mandatory. “Leveraging technology is the only solution to meet such challenging requirements,” said R.N Choubey, secretary of India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation. The policy envisions a biometric facial recognition-led “ecosystem” for digital processing of passengers at airports such as Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru, scheduled for implementation by February 2019. Jet Airways, Air Asia...