DigiYatra facility will be available for passengers at this airport by the end of March

Delhi airport operator DIAL on Wednesday said facial recognition technology-based DigiYatra facility will be available for passengers at all entry and boarding gates of Terminals 2 and 3 by the end of March.

DigiYatra The facility at the entry gates of Terminal 1 of the airport is likely to be operational from April.

The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital, operated by the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), is the largest airport in the country and has three terminals.

In the first phase, DigiYatra facility was launched on December 1, 2022 at three airports – Delhi, Bengaluru and Varanasi.

“Currently, around 2,500 passengers are using DigiYatra at Terminal 3 of Delhi airport every day.

“After installation of all DigiYatra infrastructure at Terminal 3 and Terminal 2, approximately 40 per cent of daily domestic passengers will be able to have seamless entry into the terminal, security check area and boarding gates,” DIAL said in a release.

DIAL said that using DigiYatra, passengers would be able to save around 15-25 minutes of their time in the process from entry check to security check during peak hours as they would have to spend a few seconds at each touch point.

According to the release, DigiYatra-enabled entry gates are being installed at Terminal 1, and are likely to be operational by April 2023.

DigiYatra is a biometric boarding system that uses facial recognition technology to provide a seamless and hassle-free experience to passengers at airports.