11/9/2010 - "CLEAR" Expedited Checkpoint Processing Returns to Orlando International Airport

ORLANDO, FL. – Travelers asked for it and now Orlando International Airport (MCO) is pleased to announce that the popular CLEAR, the expedited security checkpoint processing program is back in operation at MCO. The CLEAR program is now operated by a new owner, Alclear. Under the terms of the agreement, Alclear has signed a ten year contract with two five year options to renew. The company has also agreed to reinstate all previous CLEAR memberships. Once again, Orlando International is the first airport in the nation to unveil the new CLEAR program, the first and only biometric-based secure identification program for movement through airport security, just in time for the busy holiday travel season.

Brigitte Goersch, Deputy Executive Director of Administration, Security and Technology of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA), Authority Chairman Cesar E. Calvet and Caryn Seidman-Becker, Alclear Chairman and CEO unveiled the CLEAR kiosks at MCO Tuesday morning.

Members can register online at www.clearme.com, verify their information with a passport and then receive a CLEAR card in the mail. New memberships feature special benefits and start at $179 for one year.

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For more information contact Carolyn Fennell at the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority at 407-825-2055 or Gareth Edmondson-Jones with Alclear at 917-399-9355.

Local Time: 8:24 AM Local Conditions: Partly Cloudy 78.0° F

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