United gives Newark Liberty security screening a major upgrade

With the peak summer travel season rapidly approaching, United Tuesday unveiled a new, fully-redesigned and consolidated security checkpoint in Terminal C at Newark Liberty International Airport, one of United's principal hubs and a major departure point for flights to Europe. The redesigned checkpoint includes dedicated Premier Access and TSA Precheck security lanes. But more importantly, the checkpoint also features 17 state-of-the art automated screening lanes, making Terminal C at Newark the first checkpoint in the nation to exclusively feature the new lanes. United introduced several automated lanes at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in advance of the busy Thanksgiving travel season last year. A United spokesman said the airline is considering adding more automated lanes at O'Hare, but no decision has been made. United's chief operations officer Greg Hart said of the new security checkpoint at Newark Liberty: "The opening of our fully redesigned state-of-the-art checkpoint in Newark — New York's premier trans-Atlantic gateway — continues our commitment to use the latest technology to improve the airport experience for our customers."<br/>