Taking a flight? Soon, you may not need to get your boarding pass stamped

To enhance travel experience of domestic passengers, three major airports might soon get rid of boarding pass stamping, enabling fliers to go straight to security checkpoints.

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has asked Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai airports to carry out a pilot project for “express security check facility” for travellers with just handbags, according to a report in The Times of India

The head of airport security for CISF, MA Ganapathy, on July 18 had written to the CEOs of Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore airports (DIAL,MIAL and BIAL respectively) to stop stamping of boarding cards of domestic flyers, the report said.

The doing away of stamping would help passengers save time and ease the travelling as during peak hours, the queue for stamping is usually large and passengers lose a lot of time to get clearance. Also, there is a lot of manpower required to manage operations.

The report quoted a senior CISF official as saying MIAL "is very keen to do a pilot."

The Mumbai airport management is leant to have approached both CISF and Bureau of CIvil Aviation Security for the same. Read complete article