The travellers who will soon be able to bypass standard airport customs
The scheme allows some American Airlines passengers flying from London Heathrow to Dallas Fort Worth International to clear US Customs at their arrival gate and have checked luggage automatically transferred.
This partnership between the TSA, US Customs and Border Protection, and the UK Department for Transport is expected to cut connection times by over half.
Delta passengers are also trialling OSS on routes from Heathrow to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, though bypassing TSA screening requires Global Entry or the Mobile Passport Control app.
The TSA indicates that the OSS programme, which follows a successful international pilot from Heathrow, could be expanded to other US airports soon.
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