New Delhi: India’s flagship biometric-enabled travel platform, Digi Yatra, has crossed a major milestone by enabling more than 10 crore seamless passenger journeys across 38 airports nationwide.
With over 2.4 crore downloads across iOS and Android devices, Digi Yatra has emerged as one of the most successful digital innovations in the global aviation sector.
The achievement marks a significant advancement in India’s digital public infrastructure ecosystem, reinforcing the government’s efforts to modernize airport operations and enhance passenger convenience through technology-driven solutions.
By replacing manual document verification processes, Digi Yatra has substantially improved airport efficiency.
The platform has reduced average airport entry processing time from 15 seconds to just 5 seconds per passenger.
This enhanced throughput has helped optimize terminal infrastructure, reduce congestion, and minimize manual processing requirements at participating airports.
In addition to operational efficiencies, Digi Yatra is also contributing to environmental sustainability. By eliminating the need for physical boarding passes, the platform helps save thousands of sheets of paper every day across airports where the service is operational.
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Commenting on the achievement, Minister for Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu said, “I congratulate the Digi Yatra Team for the 10-crore usage milestone, it reflects the growing trust passengers are placing in seamless, paperless and contactless travel.
The scale of Digi Yatra’s adoption comes at a critical juncture. Daily domestic passenger traffic, which averaged below 2 lakh passengers in 2014, has now crossed the 5-lakh mark on numerous occasions over the last three years. And supported by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to make air travel more accessible and convenient, annual passenger traffic across Indian airports is projected to reach 50 crores by 2030 and double to nearly 100 crores by 2040.
And to effectively manage this exponential growth, we are adopting multiple digital solutions like Digi Yatra, Self-Baggage Drop Facility, Augmentation of Air Traffic Control Automation Systems, AirSewa portal for grievance redressal and AI-powered digital twins to optimize airport operations.”
Highlighting the future expansion of Digi Yatra, Ram Mohan Naidu added, “While many nations continue to evaluate the large-scale deployment of biometric passenger processing, India has successfully operationalized and scaled Digi Yatra within a remarkably short timeframe. Right now, Digi Yatra is active at 38 airports, and by next year, 27 more airports will be enabled.
I am also pleased to share that the major greenfield airport projects operationalizing this year; Navi Mumbai, Jewar and Bhogapuram will all be fully Digi Yatra-enabled.”
The Minister also emphasized the government’s focus on making Digi Yatra more inclusive and accessible for passengers across the country.
“We are making the platform significantly more inclusive. Digi Yatra currently supports 11 languages, and by the end of this year, we plan to add 11 more regional languages.
This directly advances the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision to democratize aviation and make air travel truly accessible to the common man,” he said.
Security and passenger privacy continue to remain at the core of Digi Yatra’s architecture. The platform follows a privacy-by-design framework, ensuring that passenger data remains encrypted and securely stored on the user’s device.
Data is shared only for a limited duration with the origin airport solely for immediate verification purposes.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation reiterated its commitment to transforming the airport travel experience in India into a global benchmark.
Guided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s twin missions of Digital India and Aviation for All, the ministry aims to make air travel increasingly seamless, efficient, and hassle-free for passengers through digital innovation.
With the 10-crore usage milestone, Digi Yatra continues to play a pivotal role in supporting India’s rapidly growing aviation ecosystem while delivering a faster, paperless, and contactless travel experience.
