No boarding passes, check-ins: Digital journey passes to provide facial recognition, overhauling aviation

The upgraded tech system also provides a feature wherein the passenger details will be wiped off within 15 seconds of contact.

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) - a UN body - is creating a new 'digital travel credential' which will allow passport information to be stored on devices used for travelling.

The existing rules - carrying boarding passes and the need to check-in for flights - will be eliminated to overhaul the aviation industry.

According to a report by The Times, flight passengers will not be needing to check-in online or at the airports and will instead be able to download a 'journey pass' in their mobile phones when they book a flight.

The passengers will be able to walk through the airports just by using their face for verification purposes, and will also be able to upload their passport on their phones.

According to the publication's report, with no offline or even online check-in, the airlines will be informed about the passenger's flying schedule as soon as they arrive at the airports and get their face scanned.

For passengers carrying check-in luggage, the facial scanning will be done at the baggage submission counters whereas for the ones only carrying hand bags, their faces will be scanned first, at the pre-security gates.

According to The Times, Director of Product Management at Amadeus Valérie Viale said, "These changes are the biggest in 50 years. The last upgrade of great scale was the adoption of e-ticketing in the early 2000s. The industry has now decided it’s time to upgrade to modern systems that are more like what Amazon would use."

The upgradation includes physical infrastructure as well which will also be upgraded to have the technology set in for facial recognition and reading the passport.

The technology is such that it will only scan and verify the face to the passport and not store the information so as to protect the passenger from any case of data breach.

Up until now, the process included booking a flight, performing online check-in 24 hours before departure confirming your seat and even the departure gate.

But with the new upgraded technology, the passengers will be able to download a 'journey pass' to a wallet in their phone which would contain all of their booking information including biometric details.

As a result of the facial scanning and recognition, passengers will be able to move quickly through the airport without getting their passports or mobile phones in their hands for verification purposes.

According to the publication's report, the upgraded tech system also provides the feature that the passenger details will be wiped off within 15 seconds of contact.

The technology just doesn't end here as the 'journey pass' helps in ways more than expected.

For one who is late for his/her flight knowing they will miss it, the pass will automatically update and permit their new boarding to the next available flight and a mobile notification regarding all the details about the same will be sent to them.