DigiYatra App’s beta version successfully launched at BLR Airport, BIAL has pioneered the DigiYatra effort from its early concept days since 2017.

 

Bengaluru,

August 15, 2022: As India celebrated

its 75th Independence Day, the beta version of DigiYatra App was successfully

rolled out at the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (BLR Airport).

 

Bangalore

International Airport Ltd (BIAL) has been pioneering the DigiYatra effort from

its early concept days and pilot trials have been held since January 2017 at

BLR Airport. DigiYatra – the contactless, seamless processing of passengers at

airports, based on the use of single token face biometrics for verification of

passengers is a significant project led by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the

Government of India.

 

For

the first phase rollout of the DigiYatra Central Ecosystem (DYCE), BLR Airport

is one of the two selected airports in India and passengers experienced this

new-age, contactless and seamless process that commenced on 15th August 2022.

 

At

BLR Airport, the DigiYatra Biometric boarding system at e-gates is operational

and being rolled out at full scale for all domestic airlines in a phased

manner, covering checkpoints for domestic travel. Passengers experienced a

seamless check-in, passed through security, and boarded their respective

flights using their single token face biometric for validating their identity

and their boarding pass.

 

Vistara

Airlines and AirAsia are the two airlines that are currently integrated with

DigiYatra. Passengers can easily enroll on the DigiYatra app from the comfort

of their homes. The app is currently available on Google Playstore for Android

users, and an iOS version will be made available in one month.

 

“It

is our constant endeavour at BIAL to offer innovative ways to simplify the

passenger journey and make it as seamless as possible. The Digi Yatra Central

Ecosystem implementation is one more step towards achieving this. We are glad

to be part of the first phase rollout and value the trust reposed in us by the

Ministry of Civil Aviation, DGCA, and the Government of India. As the new

gateway to India, BLR Airport is keen to be at the forefront of change and

innovation,” said Hari Marar, MD & CEO at Bangalore International

Airport Ltd. (BIAL).

 

The

DYCE is being built on the standards defined by the World Wide Web Consortium

(W3C) which include Self Sovereign Identity (SSI) with Verifiable Credentials

(VCs), Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs) with a trust layer of a Distributed

Ledger and ensuring adoption of Privacy by Design and Privacy by Default as the

fundamental tenets. This ensures privacy issues are taken care of and

passengers will not have to worry about sharing their data as it is secure and

will be deleted after 24 hours following their travel.

 

DYCE

is the initiative of the Digi Yatra Foundation (DYF) which was set up as a

joint venture company in 2019, and BIAL is one of the key shareholders. The

DigiYatra Foundation will be a pan-India entity and the custodian of the

Passenger ID validation process.