Kolkata : The Kolkata airport is now geared to roll out the biometric boarding system (BBS) with technicians completing installation of all equipment and testing of hardware.
The system that will allow paperless and seamless travel experience is expected to be commissioned sometime in November after the software platform is tested and receives the go-ahead from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security.
“The BBS equipment for phase I rollout — registration and self check-in kiosks and automated gates — have been installed in the domestic terminal and their hardware has been thoroughly checked. Installation of phase II equipment is currently underway and should be over this month. We will then wait for the pilot test at Varanasi to get over so that the platform is tested here before being commissioned,” said an airport official.
Phase I has two registration kiosks, eight self checkin kiosks, two entry gates, four security and transfer gates and three self-boarding gates. Phase II will add 12 registration kiosks, 15 self check-in kiosks, three entry gates, three security and transfer gates and 13 self-boarding gates. In the domestic terminal, registration kiosks have been installed at all three gates — 1, 2 and 3. In addition, terminals have been set up at the entrance where flyers will undergo facial scan post registration. Next, there are self check-in kiosks. There are also dedicated gates at the security hold area and boarding point that will be available only for Digi-Yatra passengers. The equipment has also been installed in domestic-to-domestic transfer. In phase II, it will also be installed in international-to-domestic transfer.
27/09/21 Subhro Niyogi & Tamaghna Banerjee/Times of India
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