The BBS equipment for Phase I rollout- registration and self check-in kiosks and automated gates have been installed in the domestic terminal
The Kolkata Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport is ready with its Biometric Boarding System (BBS). The system that will be launched in November, will enable a paperless and seamless travel experience.
The software platform is being tested and once it receives the go-ahead from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security it will be ready to be launched. The BBS equipment for Phase I rollout- registration and self check-in kiosks and automated gates have been installed in the domestic terminal.
“The installation of Phase II equipment is being completed 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,” an airport official was quoted by ET.
Officials added that once the trials underway at Varanasi airport are completed, it would take 45 days for Kolkata to also roll out the facility that is expected to ease travel and reduce contact points
Phase I has two registration kiosks, eight self check-in 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. 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.
“Initially, IndiGo and Air India passengers will participate in the trials. Gradually, passengers of other airlines will be taken on board,” the official said.
Officials added that once the trials underway at Varanasi airport are completed, it would take 45 days for Kolkata to also roll out the facility that is expected to ease travel and reduce contact points.
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