Everything about your Emirates (EK) boarding pass: how to get it, re-download a lost one, mobile vs printed, and airport timings.
Verified June 2026Re-download or print your pass for free at the airport self-service kiosks or online check-in desks. If you have already cleared security, go to your departure gate and Emirates will print the boarding pass there. Travelling as a group? You can hold everyone's passes on one device.
A mobile boarding pass is accepted at security, immigration, the boarding gate and when you board. Printing is required only if you chose the email version (the emailed copy cannot be used as a phone pass). On flights out of Dubai, Emirates no longer issues printed passes by default.
A mobile (digital) boarding pass is accepted at Indian airports by the airlines that issue one — there is no official rule requiring a printout, and Delhi Airport markets fully paperless domestic travel. That said, carry a valid government photo ID at all times (it is checked at terminal entry alongside your boarding pass or ticket), and for international departures most airlines still verify your travel documents at the counter before issuing the final pass.
Emirates does not charge for airport check-in or a boarding-pass reprint — kiosks and desks reissue it free (a standard full-service option).
Be through passport control and security 90 minutes before departure, and at the boarding gate 60 minutes before (Economy / Premium Economy) or 45 minutes before (First / Business).
On India departures Emirates does the standard passport and visa check at bag drop — there is no separate "confirmation slip" step before your pass is valid (unlike Air India international). Your mobile pass works straight through security, immigration and boarding.
Skip the scramble — see the full Emirates web check-in guide, or let HappyFares Web Check-in Assist handle it and send your boarding pass to WhatsApp.
Get your boarding pass on WhatsApp →Check in online from 48 hours before departure on emirates.com or the Emirates App, then download the mobile boarding pass to your phone, the Emirates App, or Apple/Google Wallet. It is accepted at security, immigration, the gate and when you board. If you instead chose the emailed version, you must print that one.
Reprint it free at an Emirates self-service kiosk or online check-in desk at the airport. If you have already passed security, head to your departure gate and Emirates will print it there. You can also re-download it in the Emirates App.
Clear passport control and security 90 minutes before departure, and be at the gate 60 minutes before in Economy and Premium Economy, or 45 minutes before in First and Business.
A mobile (digital) boarding pass is accepted at Indian airports by the airlines that issue one — there is no official rule requiring a printout, and Delhi Airport markets fully paperless domestic travel. That said, carry a valid government photo ID at all times (it is checked at terminal entry alongside your boarding pass or ticket), and for international departures most airlines still verify your travel documents at the counter before issuing the final pass.
DigiYatra works with any airline at 38 Indian airports, including for Emirates flights — it reads your face instead of checking documents at three checkpoints. DigiYatra is the free, optional facial-recognition system at 38 Indian airports (including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Navi Mumbai). You enrol once with Aadhaar, but you must upload your boarding pass for every flight and share it with the departure airport (the e-gate scans the boarding-pass QR first, then your face). It is domestic-only — international departures are still on the roadmap — and passengers travelling with infants cannot use it. Even DigiYatra users should carry a physical government photo ID.