At the newly inaugurated noida International airport in Jewar, passengers registered with DigiYatra can now travel without needing to show physical tickets, mobile boarding passes or even ID proofs at multiple checkpoints within the airport — thanks to advanced biometric systems.
Here’s how it works:
✅ Use DigiYatra Facial Recognition for Boarding
If you’ve registered with DigiYatra:
- The airport uses facial recognition technology to identify you at various stages of your journey — from entering the terminal to security checks and even boarding the aircraft.
- Once your face is scanned and matched with your DigiYatra profile, you don’t need to present traditional documents like printed or mobile tickets or ID cards like passport/Aadhaar.
- Your face becomes both your identity proof and travel pass at every touchpoint where DigiYatra is enabled.
This is part of the airport’s goal to be digital, seamless and almost paperless for passengers who opt into this system.
⚠️ Important: This benefit applies only if you’ve registered for DigiYatra beforehand. If you haven’t, you’ll still need to follow the traditional process of showing your boarding pass and valid ID as required at indian airports.
📌 What If You Aren’t Registered with DigiYatra?
Passengers who aren’t on DigiYatra will still need to:
- Carry a valid boarding pass (printed or mobile).
- Show a government‑approved photo ID such as a passport, Aadhaar card, voter ID, PAN card, driving licence, etc. — these are normally compulsory at security checkpoints and before boarding, as per standard indian airport security rules. (General airport ID rules historically require one of the recognised IDs at security and boarding.)
🌐 What Is DigiYatra? (Quick Context)
- DigiYatra is a tech platform designed to simplify airport processes using facial biometrics.
- Many major indian airports have been rolling it out — the idea is to reduce document checks and speed up passenger movement through the airport.
- You register your details and biometric profile ahead of time usually via an app or at the airport. Once your face‑print is on record, checkpoints can match you quickly without ID cards.
🧠 Quick Takeaway
✔ At Noida International Airport, DigiYatra’s facial recognition system lets registered passengers move through most airport checkpoints without showing tickets or ID proofs.
✔ If you haven’t registered for DigiYatra, you still must show your boarding pass and valid photo ID at the required checkpoints — the usual airport security procedure.
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