The civil aviation ministry may soon begin a large-scale exercise of
profiling all air passengers, officials of the ministry said.
For the first time ever, photographs, biometric details and other
information about all passengers will be collected and each passenger
will be assigned a unique number. So every time a passenger books a
ticket after registering his profile, she would only have to provide her
name and the unique number and all her details would be retrieved
instantaneously from the system, the official said.
“It is too early to say when the exercise will begin. But a feasibility
report will be prepared by the National Informatics Centre in three
months to look at the cost and timeframe for the exercise. The report
will also work out a system on how this proposal can be executed
including whether it will be the airline or the airport operator who
will collect the details from the passenger. Irrespective of who does
it, there will be a central data pool maintained by the ministry and it
will be completely secure. We will also ensure that bookings done via
travel portals in this system are foolproof,” he said.
The system aims not just at helping passengers book tickets quickly, but
also at creating a huge database of all passengers and tracking how
often they fly to each destination, said an official of the Airports
Authority of India.
“This will help in enhancing security at airports across the country,” said the official.
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