Boarding Pass (e-Boarding Cards) On Mobile For Domestic Flights In India
Bureau of Civil Aviation Security aka BCAS of India is developing a new protocol to display a special bar-code card on passenger's mobile phone which can act as their boarding pass. Traditionally, the boarding passes were all paper based and required long queues to get them at the airline counter at airport. But with mobile delivery of the boarding pass, this process will become a lot easier and will help reduces the queues at airport. The airline will email passengers their respective boarding cards on registered mobile numbers and will have special scanners to perform verification.
At this point, the concept has been cleared. The only issue is to allow the passengers to carry their mobile phones at the time of security checks. The e-boarding pass mechanism is likely to be implemented at the Delhi airport.
Indian Railways have been rapidly adopting newer ticketing and tracking technologies. Recently there was a news that Hyderabad metro railway station would be one of the first railway stations in India to get NFC based ticketing mechanism. The process is cost intensive and requires users to have NFC capable phones. On the other hand, the e-boarding mechanism is likely to work on any mobile phone capable of receiving emails.
eBoarding pass is just one way of ensuring security and reducing queues. What are other ways a boarding pass can work? Maybe the passenger can verify his photograph at the security checks?
At this point, the concept has been cleared. The only issue is to allow the passengers to carry their mobile phones at the time of security checks. The e-boarding pass mechanism is likely to be implemented at the Delhi airport.
Indian Railways have been rapidly adopting newer ticketing and tracking technologies. Recently there was a news that Hyderabad metro railway station would be one of the first railway stations in India to get NFC based ticketing mechanism. The process is cost intensive and requires users to have NFC capable phones. On the other hand, the e-boarding mechanism is likely to work on any mobile phone capable of receiving emails.
eBoarding pass is just one way of ensuring security and reducing queues. What are other ways a boarding pass can work? Maybe the passenger can verify his photograph at the security checks?
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