Press Release

 

February 23, 2007
Clear® and Virgin Atlantic Open Enrollment Station at Newark Terminal B. Clear® Brings Enrollment Station to Midtown Manhattan Due to Demand by Area Companies.

 

NEW YORK, NY - Clear®, the only service provider operating a registered traveler program at U.S. airports, and Virgin Atlantic Airways announced today that a Clear enrollment station has been opened at Newark Terminal B to begin accepting "in person" enrollments. The enrollment station hours of operation are 11am-9pm daily. The Clear lane at Terminal B will open next month.

 

The registered traveler program allows business travelers and other frequent fliers to pay an annual fee of $99.95 to provide their background information for pre-screening by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and, if approved, receive a biometric identity card that will allow them expedited access through airport security checkpoints

 

Applicants start the membership enrollment process at www.flyclear.com to use the Clear lane at Newark Terminal B (opening in March), as well as JFK Terminal 7, San Jose, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati International Airports - and the Orlando Airport, where Clear began its operations in July 2005.

 

The in-person portion of enrollment, where applicants have their biometric (fingerprint and iris) images captured, is available at the enrollment stations at the airports listed above, in addition to JFK's Terminal 1. Clear will open an enrollment station at JFK's Terminal 4 shortly. The Clear lanes at JFK Terminal 1 and 4, as well as Newark's Terminal B, will open in March.

 

Clear has also opened convenient downtown and midtown enrollment stations in Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Manhattan due to demand by area companies to enroll large numbers of travelers near their offices. The midtown Manhattan location is open daily at the Hyatt New York at Grand Central Terminal in the lobby next to the concierge desk for the next several weeks. Clear will also bring mobile enrollment units directly to corporate offices where over 250 travelers are enrolling.

 

"We are delighted to open a Clear enrollment station at Newark's Terminal B so that the nearly three million passengers departing annually from there can enroll and enjoy the benefits of the Clear program at this terminal and around the US at other Clear airports," said Clear founder and CEO Steven Brill.

 

About Clear®

Verified Identity Pass's Clear Registered Traveler is the only registered traveler program operating at U.S. airports. Clear has been operational since July 19, 2005, at Orlando International Airport and has over 36,000 members. Last month, Clear launched lanes at JFK's British Airways Terminal 7 and San José, Indianapolis and Cincinnati International Airports. Next month, Clear will begin operating programs at JFK's Terminal 1 and 4 and Newark's Terminal B. In addition, Clear has an agreement with Toronto Pearson International Airport to operate a Canadian program, working with Canadian authorities. Clear's verification kiosk with shoe scanning technology, co-developed with Verified Identity Pass's partner GE, will allow members, in most instances, to keep their shoes on as they pass through the Clear lanes at the security checkpoint. For more information: www.flyclear.com.