Incidents of passengers entering airports with fake e-tickets have been on a rise with the Delhi international airport alone reporting 25 such incidents till mid-September for this calendar year, according to government officials.
In the last calendar year, 23 such incidents were reported from the Delhi airport. The issue was raised during a meeting held between the security agencies and the civil aviation ministry late last month.
“The number of such incidents reported from other airports across the country would be high as well,” said a civil aviation ministry official requesting anonymity.
India has 65 airports with domestic flight operations. The country also has 23 international airports, of which six are privately operated and the remaining 17 are operated by state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Despite security threats, airport operators and airlines are yet to put in place adequate measures to address the concern which has been flagged by security agencies.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation, which is tasked to maintain security at airports, had also instructed airport operators to install barcode scanners, but no airport across the country has operationalised this facility.
Another civil aviation ministry official, who also did not want to be named, said airlines late last year were directed to create additional security features on e-tickets, and AAI and private airport developers were asked to install smart scanners at airports to detect fake e-tickets, “but that hasn’t happened yet”.
30/09/16 Sanjay Singh/Infra Circle
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In the last calendar year, 23 such incidents were reported from the Delhi airport. The issue was raised during a meeting held between the security agencies and the civil aviation ministry late last month.
“The number of such incidents reported from other airports across the country would be high as well,” said a civil aviation ministry official requesting anonymity.
India has 65 airports with domestic flight operations. The country also has 23 international airports, of which six are privately operated and the remaining 17 are operated by state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Despite security threats, airport operators and airlines are yet to put in place adequate measures to address the concern which has been flagged by security agencies.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation, which is tasked to maintain security at airports, had also instructed airport operators to install barcode scanners, but no airport across the country has operationalised this facility.
Another civil aviation ministry official, who also did not want to be named, said airlines late last year were directed to create additional security features on e-tickets, and AAI and private airport developers were asked to install smart scanners at airports to detect fake e-tickets, “but that hasn’t happened yet”.
30/09/16 Sanjay Singh/Infra Circle
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