Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) to be the first Aadhaar-enabled airport in the country by the end of 2018.



Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has planned to make Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) fully Aadhaar-enabled and with a biometric boarding system.



The initiative aims to make passenger verification process quicker, at present it takes an average of 25-minutes for verification.



Hence BIAL plans to cut down the 25-minute duration to 10 minutes. So, at every checkpoint a passenger can be verified within 5 seconds.



BIAL has set December 2018 as the deadline to make the airport fully Aadhar enabled.



According to a Times of India report, BIAL executive director and president Hari Marar said "As there is a significant growth in passenger traffic, it is necessary to implement systems that allow quicker transit time, ensuring the smooth ingress and egress of passengers".



By December 2018, passengers can have a hassle-free access across all checkpoints.

Read the first report Biometric-enabled Aadhaar card entry introduced at KIA by DH here.