Press Releases
February 21, 2019 | National Press Release
Expedited screening now available through 65 air carriersWASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration announced today the expansion of its TSA Pre✓® expedited screening program to nine additional domestic and international carriers.…
February 20, 2019 | Local Press Release
LINTHICUM, Md. – The number of firearms caught by Transportation Security Administration officers at checkpoints at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) have soared this year. TSA officers caught the eighth gun of the…
February 20, 2019
NEWARK, N.J. – Transportation Security Administration officers at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) caught two loaded handguns at the Terminal C checkpoint just hours apart on Monday, February 18, resulting in two arrests.Monday morning,…
February 20, 2019 | Local Press Release
HONOLULU – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day recruitment and hiring event Thursday, Feb. 21, in Honolulu to recruit full- and part-time Transportation Security Officers to work at Daniel K. Inouye International…
TSA to host recruitment and hiring event for Transportation Security Officer jobs at Kahului Airport
KAHULUI, Hawaii - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day recruitment and hiring event Saturday, Feb. 23, on Maui to recruit full- and part-time Transportation Security Officers to work at Kahului Airport (OGG).…
February 20, 2019 | Local Press Release
PULLMAN, Wash. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced that for the first time ever, TSA Pre✓® enrollment will be offered in the Pullman, Wash. – Moscow, Idaho area. The enrollment center will be open for five days…
February 19, 2019 | Local Press Release
SEATTLE – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day recruitment and hiring event Saturday, Feb. 23, to recruit full-time and part-time transportation security officers (TSOs) to work at Seattle-Tacoma International…
February 13, 2019 | Local Press Release
ROCHESTER, Minn. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today reminded travelers that a temporary TSA Pre✓® enrollment center will be open for two weeks in the Rochester, Minn., area in late February and early March. People interested in…
February 12, 2019 | Local Press Release
Here are five things that travelers can do to improve their Transportation Security Administration experience when they are flying this year.Enroll in TSA Pre✓®. You’ve heard it before, but if you haven’t yet taken the leap, go online, make an…
February 11, 2019 | Local Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Newark Liberty International Airport and LaGuardia Airport each made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s list of Top 10 List of most unusual items found at checkpoints in 2018. TSA released the list in an on…
February 8, 2019 | Local Press Release
LINTHICUM, Md. – A Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, man was arrested yesterday, February 7, after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) stopped him from bringing a loaded…
February 8, 2019 | Local Press Release
BOSTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day, “fast track” hiring event on Saturday, February 16, to recruit full- and part-time TSA officers to work at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS). TSA is looking to…
February 7, 2019 | Local Press Release
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 10 handguns at West Virginia airport checkpoints in 2018, an increase from the eight caught in 2017. West Virginia’s increase mirrored the national trend of an uptick in the…
February 7, 2019 | Local Press Release
BOSTON – Transportation Security Administration officers across New England stopped 45 handguns at checkpoints in 2018, a significant increase from the 29 that were caught in 2017.In total, 4,239 firearms were discovered in carry-on bags at…
February 7, 2019 | Local Press Release
ALBANY, N.Y. - Transportation Security Administration officers in Upstate New York stopped 14 handguns at checkpoints in 2018, a slight decrease from the 16 that were caught in 2017. Only Buffalo Niagara International Airport saw an increase…
February 7, 2019 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, Va. – Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 82 guns at the Virginia airport checkpoints in 2018, an increase from the 71 caught in 2017. The increase was mainly attributable to the more than doubling of the number of…
February 7, 2019 | Local Press Release
LINTHICUM, MD – Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 23 guns at Maryland airports in 2018, 22 of which were detected at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport checkpoints and one at Salisbury Regional…
February 7, 2019 | Local Press Release
NEW YORK – Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 20 guns in the New York City region’s airports in 2018, the vast majority of which were detected at Newark Liberty International Airport, which recorded 14 gun catches. Overall it…
February 7, 2019 | Local Press Release
PITTSBURGH - Transportation Security Administration officers across Pennsylvania stopped 75 handguns at checkpoints in 2018, a slight decrease from the 80 that were caught in 2017.In total, 4,239 firearms were discovered in carry-on bags at…
February 1, 2019 | Local Press Release
RONKONKOMA, N.Y. – Residents of Long Island will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside the Long Island MacArthur Airport terminal Feb. 11 – 22, where officials will host a…
February 1, 2019 | Local Press Release
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Residents of the Lehigh Valley area will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s TSA Pre✓® application program at Lehigh Valley International Airport from Feb. 11 – 22, where officials will host a…
January 30, 2019 | Local Press Release
DENVER – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day, “fast track” hiring event on Saturday, February 9, to recruit full- and part-time Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Denver International Airport (DEN).…
January 25, 2019 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON – Nationwide, the Transportation Security Administration screened 1.99 million passengers and crew yesterday, Thursday, Jan. 24. Overall, 99.9 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes and 95.4 percent of passengers waited less…
January 24, 2019 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON – Nationwide, the Transportation Security Administration screened 1.76 million passengers and crew members yesterday, Wednesday, Jan. 23. Overall, 99.9 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes and 96.3 percent of passengers…
January 23, 2019 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON – Nationwide, the Transportation Security Administration screened 1.8 million passengers yesterday, Tuesday, Jan. 22. Overall, 99.9 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes and 94.8 percent of passengers waited less than 15…
