Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Paperless check-in and boarding service, Digi Yatra, will be extended to four more airports -- Kolkata, Pune, Vijayawada and Hyderabad-- next month in March. The Ministry of Civil Aviation, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha, informed that the project is under implementation stage.

"Airports Authority of India (AAI) has awarded the work for the implementation of the Biometric Boarding System at Kolkata, Pune, Vijayawada, and Varanasi airports," the statement added.

Launched in December last year, the facial biometrics-based Digi Yatra service is currently available at three airports including Delhi, Bengaluru and Varanasi.

The Digi Yatra service is an initiative launched by the Ministry of Civil Aviation for biometric...