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Twenty-Five Years Later, One Rule Has Been Given Back

From this week, TSA PreCheck members without a ticket can apply to pass through security and wait at the gate, at thirteen airports to start. It is a small programme with an application form attached. It is also the first piece of the September 2001 security settlement to be handed back rather than added to.

By Alison Acosta  

Empty seats at an airport departure gate in silhouette against a floor-to-ceiling window at dusk.