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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal airport security officials unveiled passenger self-screening lanes Wednesday at busy Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, with plans to test it for use in other cities around the country. It already features screening lanes with instruction displays and estimated wait times. “It’s going to take time to educate the public," he said of the TSA screening lanes. I think eventually we’ll see more and more of them.”Harry Reid International Airport was the seventh-busiest passenger airport in the U.S. in 2022, ranked by Airports Council International behind New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. In 2023, the Las Vegas airport handled a new record of 57.6 million arriving and departing passengers.
Persons: Harry Reid, , Dimitri Kusnezov, John Fortune, Christina Peach, “ It’s, Carter Langston, Peach, Kusnezov, Karen Burke, ” Burke, Fortune, Keith Jeffries, Jeffries, ” Harry Reid, John F, Rebecca Santana Organizations: LAS VEGAS, , Harry, Harry Reid International, U.S . Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, Department of Homeland, , Los Angeles International Airport, K2, Associated Press, ” Harry Reid International, Airports Council International, New, Kennedy International, Las, NFL, Allegiant, Associated, Washington , D.C Locations: Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S, Washington ,
A self-service TSA screening model may be making its way to an airport near you. The programs are meant to expedite screening while improving safety, the DHS said in a press release. AdvertisementAs officials at the Transportation Security Administration grapple with air travel resuming at pre-pandemic levels, the Department of Homeland Security is testing out self-service screening options. "Like self-ordering kiosks at fast food and sit-down restaurants, self-service screening allows passengers in the Trusted Traveler Program to complete the security screening process on their own," John Fortune, the program's manager, said in the press release. AdvertisementThe program will allow passengers to move through the screening "at their own pace" while minimizing in-person contact between officers and passengers, Fortune said.
Persons: Harry Reid, , TSA PreCheck, Nevada's Harry Reid, John Fortune, Fortune, Christina Peach Organizations: TSA, Harry, Harry Reid International, DHS, Service, Transportation, Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security, PAX, Task Force Locations: Las Vegas
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