/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - CATSA offers travel tips for faster security screening this summer/

TORONTO, June 19, 2012 /CNW/ - More than 100,000 travellers are expected to pass through Toronto's Pearson Airport daily this summer. To help them get through security quickly and easily, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) is offering tips and advice. Recently intercepted items will also be on display.

Where:	Toronto Pearson International Airport
	Terminal 1, Departures Level
	Domestic Checkpoint - end of Aisle A
When:	Thursday, June 21, 2012
	10 a.m.

CATSA, established in 2002, is a Crown corporation responsible for:

• Pre-board screening - the screening of passengers, their carry-on baggage and their personal belongings;
• Hold-baggage screening - the screening of checked baggage;
• Non-passenger screening - the screening of non-passengers on a random basis; and
• Restricted Area Identity Card - the administration of access control to airport restricted areas through biometric identifiers.

 

CATSA Communications
Mathieu Larocque
613-998-4527
[email protected]a