when international travel restarted last month, some couldn t wait to get away. but while this was the view in departures, in arrivals, passengers from green list, low risk countries, queued up in the same hall as arrivals from high risk, red list countries. since mid february, all arrivals from red list countries have had to stay in quarantine hotels for ten days to stop the spread of variants of concern. but before they go into isolation, some spent hours queued up alongside other, lower risk passengers. despite the separate queues, some passengers felt very uncomfortable being so close for so long. from today, any arrivals coming in on direct flights from red list countries will be processed at terminal three. the terminal has been brought back to operation after being closed during the pandemic. while neither side will confirm who is paying for the reopening and running of the terminal, it is understood that the government is picking up a large part of the cost. but one of the bigg
give them taxpayer money to bulldoze them. apparently those are the rules. alabama congressman fought the move and tonight he says the feds have promised the shelters can stay. they re still working out the details of a, quote, common sense solution. the federal government is testing a program to make airport security lines a little less, well, the checks less random and prevent those full body pat-downs of children and the elderly. the idea, ifou give the feds more personal information, ey ll give you less of a hassle at the checkpoint. jonathan is at hardfield-jackson international. how is this going to work? shep, passengers have to opt in when they book a ticket with their airline and then if they pass the tsa prescreening, they may be directed to an expedited line. in that line, you get to keep your shoes on, you don t have to remove computers, liquids or gels from your carry-on bags. the tsa says this streamlines the process for known low risk