Paper boarding passes and handbag tags at airports may not be necessary from next month
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If all goes well, you would soon be relieved of too many formalities at Indian airports. Paper boarding pass and paper handbag tags might soon be done away with. The aviation security regulator has decided to annul a 1982 rule that made it compulsory for airlines to keep a part to keep records of how many passengers boarded a flight.In place of paper passes, there would be electronic
In sync with PM Modi’s ‘Digital India’ initiative, the passengers would need to flash the image of boarding pass on mobile phone at all clearance gates. For people without a smartphone, there would be an alternative for paper boarding pass.
"This rule (on paper boarding pass) is not relevant today because airports have computers and the passes are scanned anyway and that gives a sense on the number of people who have boarded the flight," the official told
Also there would be no need to get handbag tags for cabin luggage, which is till date mandatory. The
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