Canada: Toronto Pearson airport to re-open US preclearance facility

Canada’s Toronto Pearson International is set to re-open its renovated US preclearance facility July 19. The airport’s operating company, the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) worked with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) , the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority and air carriers that utilise the airport over the past 2 years to redevelop GTAA’s “security in advance” process supporting preclearance to the US. The project is intended to improve passenger flow and allow 95% of all passengers to use automated passenger control kiosks instead of queuing for CBP agents. Toronto Pearson is one of 7 Canadian airports with CBP US preclearance facilities. According to GTAA, the airport is the fourth largest air entry point into the US with 5.6m passengers flying to the US each year. <br/>