New Delhi: In its attempt to minimise paperwork for air travel, the government is looking to roll out a digital system for airport entry and boarding flights using a flier’s Aadhaar number and mobile phone. Under the proposed “digi yatra” initiative, the civil aviation ministry is looking to make “boarding pass and security check-in” digital. Minister of state for civil aviation Jayant Sinha on Friday said the ministry is working on the initiative to ensure the whole air travel experience is completely digital. “Your payment is digital, your boarding and security interactions are digital... That is the digi yatra concept we are working on,” he noted. The government decided to have a no-fly list in the wake of instances of unruly behaviour by air passengers, especially in the case of Shiva Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad who assaulted an Air India staffer last month.

Source: Mint April 28, 2017 17:26 UTC