The extended trial enables travelers with e-passports to navigate airport departure touchpoints using credentials verified via the platform's mobile application. Passengers enroll by scanning their e-passport chip using smartphone NFC capabilities, capturing a selfie, and linking an eligible boarding pass. However, standard border controls remain unchanged, meaning passengers must still carry physical passports and undergo routine immigration checks. Feedback gathered through December 2026 will help shape full-scale international adoption.
Key points
Travelers must continue to carry physical travel documents and undergo conventional immig…: Travelers must continue to carry physical travel documents and undergo conventional immigration processing despite the digital credentials.
The civil aviation ministry will use trial findings to prepare for a broader system deplo…: The civil aviation ministry will use trial findings to prepare for a broader system deployment planned for 2027.
Future platform development focuses on interoperability with international standards from…: Future platform development focuses on interoperability with international standards from both the International Air Transport Association and the International Civil Aviation Organization.
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The trials will run till December 2026 at Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Cochin, Mumbai, Chennai and Amritsar airports. Eligible Indian nationals holding e-passports can use Digi Yatra on select international flights of Air India and IndiGo, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said in a statement.
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Passengers can use the facility at terminal entry points, Security Hold Areas (SHA) and boarding gates, wherever the required infrastructure is available. IndiGo said in a press release that its beta phase started at the end of October.
Feedback from the trial period will shape a wider rollout in 2027, the ministry said.
IndiGo Chief Digital and Information Officer Neetan Chopra said the airline was part of the technical proof of concept earlier this year. “Expanding secure digital identity and biometric technologies to international departures is a significant step forward for Indian aviation,” he said.
How to sign up
To use the facility, passengers must create an e-passport-based Verifiable Credential (VC) on the Digi Yatra mobile app. They have to scan the Machine Readable Zone…
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