Digi Yatra app user base has crossed the one million mark
- Press Information Bureau
- June 23, 2023
The number of users who have installed the Digi Yatra app on their mobile phones has surpassed one million. Over 1.746 million (1,746,303) individuals have used this facility since it was inaugurated on December 1, 2022, by Mr. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel.
As on June 20, 2023, the total Digi Yatra app users stood at 1,020,000, wherein about 866,000 were Android users and 154,000 were iOS users, both with an app rating of 4.1. Additionally, Delhi saw the highest number of passengers through the Digi Yatra app (648,359). This was followed by Bengaluru (503,802), and Varanasi (225,847).
The Digi Yatra was first introduced in December 2022 at three airports: New Delhi, Bengaluru, and Varanasi and it was then introduced in April 2023 in Vijayawada, Kolkata, Hyderabad, and Pune.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation's Digi Yatra initiative is a biometric boarding system that uses facial biometric verification technology. It attempts to make travelling through airports easy and smooth. Its main goal is to improve the passenger experience by eliminating the need for manual ticket and ID verification at numerous contact points and to achieve better throughput using the existing infrastructure and a digital framework.
Disclaimer: This information has been collected through secondary research and IBEF is not responsible for any errors in the same.
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