The trial would be conducted into three phases, during the first phase of trial, employees of GHIAL were included.
Flyers could soon avoid ethe hassle to find ID cards before entering airports. Now, in a relief to travels, to be able to enter airports in the country, facial recognition biometric would be mandatory. The new system would be launched under the government's Digi Yatra initiative.
GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) that operates the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), has successfully conducted the trial of facial recognition technology.
The trial would be conducted into three phases, during the first phase of trial, employees of GHIAL were included.
The second phase of the trial is expected to be launched by the end of January, in which GHIAL will include passengers. And if the second phase of the trial is successful, GHIAL would implement facial recognition technology in Hyderabad airport from March onwards.
Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu earlier had said that the initiative would be "forward-looking and futuristic".
However, he also made it clear that facial recognition biometric feature would be optional for air passengers.
Digi Yatra initiative seeks to promote paperless and hassle-free air travel.
It is biometrics-based digital processing system for passenger entry and related requirements at the airport.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) plans to roll out the initiative at Kolkata, Varanasi, Pune and Vijayawada airports by April 2019, as per the ministry.
Under Digi Yatra, there would be a centralised registration system for passengers and each of them would get a unique ID.
The ID would be shared by passengers at the time of booking tickets. The ID can be created by sharing name, e-mail id, mobile number and details of any identity proof, including Aadhaar.
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