The Centre has released that it will make the Aadhar mandatory for all the air travelers across India. At the time of booking, the passengers will have to provide their Aadhar number from now on. Though Air India and Jet Airways are already following this system, it has not been made mandatory yet. But the government is considering making it compulsory for air travel to be linked to the Aadhar number.
The push to implement this decision came after the airport authorities and various airlines along with Aviation Minister Jayant Sinha and Secretary R.N. Choubey, initiated the talk. Speaking o a popular news daily, Guruprasad Mohapatra, the Chairman of Airport Authorities of India had said, “It was felt a joint system be developed that can be replicated by all airports. Wipro has been asked to develop a concept note in this regard after consulting all stakeholders, including the JV airport operators. We are seeing what all airport processes can be made e-enabled.”
The AAI chief also said that the idea is to collect Aadhar numbers at the time of ticket booking. He said, “Once they reach the airport that they are flying out of, flyers can just keep their thumb on a touch pad at the entry point. Once inside, a similar process can be repeated at other places when checking. We want passengers to have as seamless and effortless travel experience at airports as possible.”
In India, the flyers have to show ID card along with their tickets for flying, to be allowed into the terminals due to security reasons. For this reasons, the Aadhar will be made a mandate, so as to enable easy travel.
