Press Release

 

January 18, 2007
Clear® Launches Registered Traveler Lanes at Indianapolis International Airport, Continuing National Roll-Out of Registered Traveler Program.

 

INDIANAPOLIS – Clear® Registered Traveler announced today the opening of the Clear lanes at Indianapolis International Airport. The launch in Indianapolis continues the rollout of the US registered traveler program, where it began earlier this week at JFK International Airport's Terminal 7.

 

Clear, now with over 35,000 members, began the first privately-run registered traveler pilot program at Orlando International Airport in July 2005. The Indianapolis program is fully interoperable with all other airports in the national program. The Clear program allows business travelers and other frequent fliers to pay a fee ($99.95) to be pre-screened by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and receive a biometric identity card that provides them with expedited passage through airport security checkpoints.

 

According to Patrick Dooley, Airport Director, "By bringing this new generation technology on board, we will be one of the first airports in the country to operate the registered traveler program…and it's great that we will be interoperable with other airports that are already on line and those that will be coming on after us. We look forward to providing yet another positive service offering to our traveling public."

 

Clear founder and CEO Steven Brill said, "We are thrilled to work with Indianapolis International, an airport devoted to providing the best possible service to its customers. Now, Indianapolis passengers, both Clear members and non-members, will experience a more convenient, but no less secure, process through airport security."

 

Brill added, "Agreements with several other airports and airlines are expected to be announced during the first quarter of 2007. Additional agreements and launches will be announced shortly and will accelerate through the year."

 

Clear's new verification kiosk, with state-of-the-art shoe scanner technology, has been installed at the Clear lanes at Indianapolis Airport. The TSA-approved kiosk is in use today at the Clear lane in Orlando - where members can, in most instances, leave their shoes on as they pass through the security checkpoint. The shoe scanning technology will rollout at Indianapolis Airport as soon as protocols are in place there. The Clear network, which will expand with launches next week at San Jose and Cincinnati International Airports, is currently in the process of installing the kiosk with shoe scanning technology at those locations. The kiosk, developed with Clear's partner GE Security, detects the presence of explosives and metal in shoes. Those members whose shoes contain no explosives or metal are able to keep shoes on at the checkpoint. Another technology installed in the new kiosk is expected to exempt Clear members from removing their suit coats and other outer garments in the coming months.

 

About Clear® Registered Traveler and Verified Identity Pass, Inc.
Verified Identity Pass's Clear Registered Traveler, with over 35,000 members, is the only privately-run registered traveler program operating at U.S. airports. Clear has been fully operational since July 19, 2005, at Orlando International Airport. The Clear network will expand this month to include San José and Cincinnati International Airports. Clear also has an agreement with Air France to launch a program at JFK Terminal 1, in March. In addition, Clear has an agreement with Toronto Pearson International Airport to operate a Canadian program, working with Canadian authorities. Clear's verification kiosk, co-developed with Verified Identity Pass's partner GE, with shoe scanning technology can allow members in the Clear lanes to keep their shoes on as they pass through the security checkpoint. For more information: www.flyclear.com