Families on the Fly: TSA to add dedicated family lane at security checkpoints

The task began with a aviator programme successful Orlando due to the fact that of its adjacent proximity to Disney World

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security announced an enlargement of Transportation Security Administration checkpoints for families traveling with children and subject members connected Thursday.

TSA volition adhd a dedicated household lane astatine information checkpoints nether a programme called "Families connected the Fly," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced astatine a property league astatine Nashville International Airport. The task began with a aviator programme successful Orlando due to the fact that of its adjacent proximity to Disney World, she said, and it volition beryllium rolled retired archetypal successful areas wherever families often question with children.

"There volition beryllium expanded areas that volition springiness them the payment of recognizing that they person children with them and volition assistance marque definite that we person the quality to instrumentality attraction of them and their families arsenic they spell done this expedited process with their kiddos," Noem said.

Families volition besides get a $15 discount if they enroll successful TSA's Trusted Traveler program, PreCheck.

The peculiar lane for uniformed subject members, called the Honor Lane, is presently disposable astatine 11 antithetic airports, and volition grow nationwide.

Noem besides highlighted initiatives announced earlier this period including providing Gold Star families, the contiguous household members of a work subordinate who died portion serving successful the subject during a clip of conflict, entree to the PreCheck escaped of charge.

"We privation everybody to cognize that we're highly grateful for their work to our state and admit the sacrifice that their families person made," she said Thursday.

Military spouses volition besides beryllium offered $25 PreCheck enrollment discounts and mobile units volition beryllium sent to subject bases to motion radical up.

Current members of the subject and civilian Defense Department unit already person entree to PreCheck benefits by including their DOD ID fig arsenic their "known traveler number" erstwhile making a reservation.

The announcements travel aft Noem announced past week that TSA would nary longer necessitate passengers to instrumentality disconnected shoes astatine airdrome information checkpoints and she hinted connected Wednesday that changes successful what liquids passengers are capable to transportation connected planes could travel next.

"Remember each azygous happening that happens astatine a checkpoint contiguous is being evaluated," Noem said.

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