Taking the lead from a successful pilot phase at a Hyderabad, India airport where security officials processed travellers using Aadhaar-based airport entry authentication technology, Mumbai and Bengaluru airports are also planning to implement similar pilot projects next year, according to a report by The Hindu.
The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad launched a pilot project in 2015 in which travellers had the option of entering their Aadhaar number at a kiosk located at one of the entry gates.
The airport now plans to expand the pilot to all entry gates, however, the Aadhaar-based entry authentication will be optional and those travellers who do not have a Aadhaar number can proceed after displaying physical identity documents at the entry gate.
“After successfully completing the POC [proof of concept] at the Hyderabad airport, we have formally asked UIDAI [Unique Identification Authority of India] to recognise us as authorised user agency,” S.G.K. Kishore, CEO of GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. (GHIAL), said at the India Aviation ICT Forum 2016.
Kishore said the initiative will enable the airport to request UIDAI to speed up the kiosk processing at all the entry points to prevent any potential delays to travellers.
To Read the News in Full 29/12/16 Justin Lee/Biometric Update
The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad launched a pilot project in 2015 in which travellers had the option of entering their Aadhaar number at a kiosk located at one of the entry gates.
The airport now plans to expand the pilot to all entry gates, however, the Aadhaar-based entry authentication will be optional and those travellers who do not have a Aadhaar number can proceed after displaying physical identity documents at the entry gate.
“After successfully completing the POC [proof of concept] at the Hyderabad airport, we have formally asked UIDAI [Unique Identification Authority of India] to recognise us as authorised user agency,” S.G.K. Kishore, CEO of GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. (GHIAL), said at the India Aviation ICT Forum 2016.
Kishore said the initiative will enable the airport to request UIDAI to speed up the kiosk processing at all the entry points to prevent any potential delays to travellers.
To Read the News in Full 29/12/16 Justin Lee/Biometric Update
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