GMR Hyderabad International Airport here will roll out the digital processing of passengers through the facial recognition system as a proof of concept through the DigiYatra platform for three months to facilitate paperless travel and avoid multiple identity checks at the airport from August 18.
With DigiYatra, passengers will be automatically processed based on the facial recognition system at select checkpoints — one at the departure domestic entry gate 3, and another at the security hold area in the passenger terminal building. “This is purely voluntary, and the normal non-biometric process shall continue to function,” informed an official spokesperson on Tuesday.
The airport was the first in the country to do a trial of the face recognition in 2019 and is now one of the five airports selected to roll it out. An exclusive mobile app for the programme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Independence Day, for enrolment into DigiYatra.
