Visakhapatnam, Sept.6 (NSS): Union Minister for Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu today inaugurated the Digi Yatra facility for nine airports at Visakhapatnam International Airport and virtually launched this facility for eight other AAI’s airports, namely Coimbatore, Dabolim, Indore, Bagdogra, Ranchi, Patna, Raipur, and Bhubaneshwar airports.
During the launch event, the Aviation Minister highlighted how Digi Yatra simplifies the cumbersome task of managing multiple documents—boarding passes, ID proofs and luggage tags while navigating the airport crowd. The Airport entry time for a passenger has reduced from an average 15 seconds in manual process to 5 seconds. Over 55 lakh users have already downloaded the app, and more than three crore passengers have used Digi Yatra to travel. Since its launch of the first Digi Yatra facility at three airports, New Delhi, Varanasi, and Bengaluru, on December 1, 2022, the total number of Digi Yatra-enabled airports will become twenty-four, including nine airports of today.
The Minister further highlighted the significance of Digi Yatra’s introduction, stating “Its introduction was very well in time, during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the need for minimising physical contact became more urgent than ever. Digi Yatra offered contactless and paperless processing at key airport checkpoints. Since its inception, the system has helped save thousands of sheets of paper daily across airports, supporting our broader goal of sustainable development in the aviation sector.”
Murlidhar Mohol, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Cooperation and Union Civil Aviation Secretary, Vumlunmang Vualnam also joined the event through video conferencing. M. Suresh, Chairman, AAI, Sribharat Mathukumilli, Member of Parliament for Lok sabha (Visakhapatnam), and P.G.V.R. Naidu (Gana Babu), Member of Legislative asssembly of Andhra Pradesh, P.K Thakur, DDG,MoCA and other senior officials of MoCA and AAI were also present.
