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BENGALURU: Bengaluru International Airport (BIAL) has said it is planning to roll out facial recognition facility from next year. The authorities seek to introduce this new system to make boarding process paperless.
In a press release, BIAL said it has inked a pact with the Lisbon based digital and biometric solution service provider Vision-Box to implement the technology.
The facial recognition technology will identify passengers by their face as they move across the airport, avoiding stops and the repeated document verifications.
The introduction of biometric self-enabled technology is aimed at transforming passenger experience, and creating future-ready airport said, official. The move will also strengthen government’s proposed DigiYatra project.
The DigiYatra project seeks to promote paperless work for air travel under a digital system for airport entry and boarding on flights.
With the implantation of this technology, Bengaluru airport will become the first airport in the country to have end-to-end solution for paperless travel said Hari Marar, Managing Director, and Chief executive officer, BIAL.
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