Press Releases
OCTOBER 17, 2007
Clear® Completes Rollout of Express Security Lanes at SFO; All Terminals Fully Operational Network Effect in Play as Clear Cards Now Used Roundtrip on Key Coast-to-Coast Routes. 6,000th Member Enrolls in San Francisco, Joining 70,000 Nationwide.
OCTOBER 1, 2007
Clear® Expands Partnership with Hyatt in San Francisco
Clear®, the provider of express security lanes at airports nationwide, announced today it will open an enrollment center at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco at Union Square on Stockton Street.
September 18, 2007
Clear Opens Express Lane at San Francisco International Members Use Clear Cards Coast to Coast on SFO-JFK Route. Sign Ups Approach 4,000 in First Month.
August 23, 2007
ClearŪ Opens Enrollment for Fast Pass at LaGuardia Airport
Clear Security Lanes to Open in September
August 20, 2007
Clear® Airport Fast Pass Sign-Ups in San Francisco Break Record 1,000 Join in First 30 Hours
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News
The San Francisco Chronicle
Thursday, September 20, 2007
"Program allows some to bypass long SFO security lines" by Michael Cabanatuan, Chronicle Staff Writer
A long line snaked through the security checkpoint in Terminal 3 at San Francisco International Airport Wednesday afternoon, but Jim Sims didn't have to wait.
Instead, Sims, who works in the computer industry, strolled to a special line marked by a blue light reading "Clear." He showed his boarding pass, Florida driver's license and a plastic card to an attendant. He inserted the card in an ATM-like machine and plunked his thumb down on a fingerprint reader.
The screen flashed "You are clear," and Sims headed to the front of the security checkpoint line. Elapsed time: about 20 seconds. By contrast, those waiting in line took about 7 minutes to reach the checkpoint. Sims is enrolled in Clear, the program that began operating at SFO this week.
AdvertisingAge
September 5, 2007
"Clear, has tapped Publicis Groupe’s Optimedia U.S. to handle media-planning and -buying duties for its first marketing push." Optimedia… has about 250 Clear memberships for its five U.S. offices. “We bought a large number of memberships -- to us ... it’s a no-brainer,” he said.
Shape
September 2007
"Stop Wasting Time in the Airport
Whiz Through Security"
Be done in three to five minutes by joining Clear, a registered traveler program. You still have to walk through the metal detector and get your bags x-rayed, but since you use a separate express lane, there’s virtually no wait.
The New York Post - NEWS AND NOTES
August 28, 2007
"LaGuardia has opened up its first Clear enrollment station in its central terminal, next to the B Gates checkpoint." Members of Clear - of which there are some 59,000 - are able to blaze through a separate airport security line using an EZ Pass-like ID card embedded with their prescreened (and TSA approved) fingerprints and/or iris images.
Journal News
August 17, 2007
"New program to let some fliers breeze through Westchester airport security lines" by Diane Costello
A new program at Westchester County Airport will soon allow certain travelers to breeze past the lines. It's…run by a private company called Clear and operates at no cost to the county. "It fits perfectly into our needs at this airport," Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano said.
TimesUnion.com
August 1, 2007
"Registered Traveler Lane Opens Tomorrow at Airport." By Eric Anderson
A kiosk has been operating for several days, according to Steven Brill, CEO of Clear Registered Traveler, a unit of Verified Identity Pass Inc., which is administering the program at Albany International Airport…On weekday mornings, when lines can stretch across the pedestrian bridge to the airport parking garage, the registered traveler lane could save program participants considerable time, airport and company officials say.
The Modern Agent
July 31, 2007
"Clear Registered Travel Offers Gov’t Employees Discount."
Clear, which provides registered traveler lanes at U.S. airports, is giving all government employees a discount on Clear memberships. This discount will be available to all first responders, emergency workers, legislators and their staffs, and law enforcement officers, among others, at the local, state and federal levels.
The Orlando Sentinel
July 19, 2007
"OIA-tested program set to spread its wings, soar.
The 2-year-old Clear system is a success and will expand to other airports." By Jason Garcia
A registered-traveler system that began two years ago at Orlando International Airport is expanding into more airports across the country...Clear...will begin processing customers today at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. Clear lanes will follow later this summer at airports in Albany and West Chester County, N.Y., and Little Rock, Ark., and likely in the fall at San Fransisco International Airport.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
July 16, 2007
"Plan aims to reduce airport security hassles
" By Jim Tharpe
A program that promises to let paying passengers breeze through security gates without taking off their shoes — and possibly their overcoats — will be tested at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport by fall.
The Christian Science Monitor
July 10, 2007
"Airport security lines: detour ahead. Registered traveler programs, which speed preapproved fliers through checkpoints, are set to expand to 20 US airports in '08." By Alexandra Marks
The E-Z Pass of the air could be coming soon to an airport near you. The registered traveler program, conceived after 9/11 as a way to speed frequent fliers through airports' long and unpredictable security lines, is finally gaining national momentum.
