Tag: TSA

1st Detect’s Tracer 1000 Deployed At Miami International Airport

Astrotech Corporation’s 1st Detect subsidiary announced today that it was selected by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to conduct live screening with the TRACER 1000 at Miami International Airport. The invitation was in response to the TS...

MIA to hosts tour of new automated baggage screening system

On October 15 Miami-Dade County and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials will host a press conference and tour of Miami International Airport’s new state-of-the-art baggage handling system for its Central and South Terminal facilities. The new $324-million system, partially ...

Live TSA updates on wait times now available at all Port Authority airports

Passengers at John F Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia and New York Stewart International airports can now access up-to-date Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and taxi wait times on the Port Authority’s airport websites.  In coordination with the TSA and...

TSA: Plan to scrap security at smaller US airports is ‘off the table’

The chief of the Transport Security Administration (TSA) has confirmed to USA Today that it is officially scrapping the idea of removing security screening at smaller airports in the US. In an interview with the US broadcaster, David Pekoske, stated that "we looked at [scrapping security] and dec...

AFGE: TSA elimination of security screening is a ‘recipe for disaster’

Source: CNN.com The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is considering a proposal to eliminate passenger security screening at more than 150 small and medium-sized airports across the country – a move the employees' union says could have grave consequences. According to reports, TSA c...

TSA considers eliminating passenger security at smaller airports

Source: BBC.co.uk According to an exclusive report by CNN the Transportation Security Administration in the US is considering eliminating passenger security screening in a number of smaller airports in the country. The TSA, a federal government body established post-9/11, is dedicated to maintai...

Quiet Skies: TSA begins profiling regular US citizens at airports

Source: Time.com It has emerged that Federal air marshals reporting to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the US have been profiling regular, law-abiding US citizens at airports across the country without their consent or knowledge. As reported by the Boston Globe's investigativ...

BA customers can ‘speed through’ US airports with TSA pre-check

British Airways customers will benefit from shorter security queues, and more ‘me time’ in US airports now the airline has signed up to the TSA Precheck programme. Customers who are accepted under the US government scheme can use fast track security queues, and do not need to remove shoes, ligh...

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