Travel Security Update.For more safety & security news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Airlines, GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards firms keep new contract details private. Three large carriers recently signed agreements with global distribution systems. The carriers and GDS firms have not revealed the agreements' details, so it is unclear which travel agencies and corporations get what inventory. May 23, 2006 TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). says it's ready for busy summer travel season. TSA adds new scanners to detect explosives on passengers. The Transportation Security Administration is installing "puffers," machines that detect trace molecules of explosives on airline passengers. The machines cost up to $170,000 each, with 70 currently operating at 27 airports in the U.S. The Transportation Security Administration is prepared to handle the 200 million air travelers expected this summer, official said. "This will be one of the busiest travel seasons on record, and TSA will be ready," said TSA Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States Kip Hawley Edmund S. "Kip" Hawley is the current Administrator & Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for the Transportation Security Administration, part of United States government's Department of Homeland Security. . "Our team has been preparing for the summer, and our security officers look forward to adding a friendly but serious level of security for summer travelers." May 23, 2006 US Transportation Security Administration was the target of criticism from lawmakers who complained the agency's final air cargo air cargo: see aviation. security rule does not go far enough. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), a relentless critic of TSA and an advocate of screening all cargo carried by passenger aircraft, said the new regulations fail to close "a glaring aviation security loophole" by not mandating that all belly cargo be electronically or physically inspected. Airlines have warned that 100% screening of belly cargo is impractical and would slow operations greatly. May 22, 2006 Swissport Aviation Security Swissport Aviation Security, a product line of Swissport International, is providing passenger security screening on behalf of US airlines at stations outside the US, including Delta Air Lines at Dusseldorf and United Airlines at Zurich. It will provide screening for North American Airlines North American Airlines is an American airline based in New York City, USA. It operates scheduled international services from the USA to Africa and Guyana, as well as domestic and international charter services and wet lease services. Its main base is John F. at Lagos when NAA NAA Nomina Anatomica Avium. begins service there next month. May 26, 2006 Washington Airports in Washington This is a list of airports in Washington (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. : List - Notes - See also - References - External links List Descriptions of each column can be found below in the Notes section. area need more screeners. Dulles International Airport and Reagan National Airport are facing a shortage of baggage screeners ahead of the busy summer travel season. The Transportation Security Administration recently changed the way it hires screeners, but it said it will be prepared for the rush of fliers. May 26, 2006 |
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