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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Michael Toledo

TSA Gold+ Airport Screening Explained: New Public-Private Security Program Expands as Union Raises Concerns Over Privatisation

TSA Gold+ Airport Screening (Stock photo) (Credit: Sergei Starostin/Pexels)

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has introduced a new public-private partnership initiative called TSA Gold+, designed to modernise airport security screening at select airports across the United States. The programme was outlined in an internal memo shared with staff on 14 May and is being positioned as an expansion of existing private-sector collaboration in aviation security.

TSA Gold+ builds on the agency's Screening Partnership Programme (SPP), which already contracts private companies to handle passenger screening at 20 US airports under federal oversight.

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