Face recognition scanning will start in India’s airports from the year 2022
Air travelers to India can also use face scan as their boarding pass from the year 2022. The first airports to start this facility in India are Kolkata, Pune, Varanasi and Vijayawada. NEC Corporation Private Limited has been selected by the Airports Authority of India to implement this project. The details of this face recognition data are to be stored in the Digi Yatra Central Ecosystem. To avail this service, the passenger has to send the PNR, PACS details and facial biometrics to the biometric boarding system of the departing airport through the mobile application. Each passenger can also choose