Feds Order Airlines to Turn Over Passenger Records

To test a new passenger prescreening system, the Transportation Security Administration on Monday ordered the nation's airlines to turn over information on travelers who took domestic flights last June. The airlines have until Nov. 23 to hand over passenger name records (PNR), which include all data an aircraft operator has about a traveler's itinerary, according to TSA's public notice. The order applies to 72 commercial and public charter airlines and includes about 50 million passengers. Posted by Editor at November 17, 2004 07:38 AM