Archive · 6 Aug 2026
Digi Yatra Goes Global: India's Airport Tech Eyes International Travelers
Digi Yatra is an app that helps people move through airports in India without showing paper identity documents.
Right now, it only works for flights that stay inside India.
When you enter the airport, the app checks your digital ID so you can pass through quickly.
Until now, you needed an Aadhaar card to use it.
The app has just added driving licences as another way to enter.
The people behind Digi Yatra also want to help Indian travellers flying to other countries.
They plan to use passports as digital credentials for international flights.
They showed this idea at a big meeting called the Global Forum in March.
For it to work overseas, airport systems in different countries must be able to connect.
The big dream is that one day all your important documents will live safely on your phone.
Digi Yatra is currently available only for domestic air travel in India and is working on opening up to international travellers.
Indian nationals travelling internationally will be able to use Digi Yatra through passport-based verifiable credentials, demonstrated in March at the Global Forum.
Digi Yatra has launched a driving licence-based credential, expanding entry beyond the existing Aadhaar-based credential.
The driving licence option is an extension of Digi Yatra's integration with DigiLocker for digitally available ID documents.
International expansion requires global interoperability, as Digi Yatra aims to convert physical ID documents into secure digital credentials carried on phones.
- Who
- Digi Yatra, India's airport digital identity platform, and Indian nationals who travel domestically and internationally.
- What
- Digi Yatra is expanding from domestic-only use to international travellers and has launched a driving licence-based credential alongside Aadhaar.
- When
- The driving licence credential was launched most recently; the passport-based credential was demonstrated in March at the Global Forum.
- Where
- India's airports, with plans for international travel use cases requiring global interoperability.
- Why
- To enable travellers to carry their ID documents digitally and securely on their phones and to support international use.
- Current scope
- Domestic air travel only
- Next use case
- International travellers (Indian nationals)
- Passport credential
- Demonstrated at the Global Forum in March
- Existing entry credential
- Aadhaar-based
- Newly launched credential
- Driving licence-based via DigiLocker
- Requirement for international rollout
- Global interoperability
- Core vision
- Digital identity documents carried securely on phones