ALEXANDRIA, Va. – October 3 – More than 50 airports, including some of the nation’s largest and busiest facilities,  have joined the founding member airports of the Registered Traveler Interoperability Consortium (RTIC) which is an effort to establish common business rules and technical standards to create a permanent and interoperable Registered Traveler Program.  In addition, the RTIC has launched a website with information about the Consortium including an airport roster which is available at www.rtconsortium.org. A membership list is below.

“RTIC membership and interest growth proves the importance of a permanent, interoperable system for the industry,” Carter Morris, AAAE Senior Vice President said. “The fact we have 50 airports committed to work together to make the program a reality in and of itself is a huge endorsement of the program.”

An interoperable, nationwide Registered Traveler Program depends on the implementation of a technical, operational, and business model capable of supporting individual airport needs, while providing the common infrastructure that allows passengers to use this capability at any airport nationwide. To ensure that potential industry partners will certify their solutions into a common framework as outlined by RTIC, the consortium has invited current and prospective Registered Traveler service providers to participate in the development of the technical and business processes required for the next phase of Registered Traveler.

“Just as credit cards are accepted once issued at most businesses around the country, if you signed up as a Registered Traveler in Washington, D.C., you ought to be recognized as a Registered Traveler in Minneapolis or any other airport around the country,” said Carter Morris, AAAE Senior Vice President. “The Registered Traveler Interoperability Consortium is a group of airports and service providers working together to create a platform that works seamlessly at individual airports around the country and in turn, facilitates Registered Traveler working everywhere.”

A permanent, interoperable Registered Traveler Program has several advantages for government, industry and the traveling public.  In developing these standards, the consortium will focus on expediting passenger processing, creating passenger screening consistency nationwide and reducing the passenger “hassle factor.” While the consortium will push for TSA screening benefits and collaboration, an interoperable or seamless system needs to be airport and aviation industry driven and run outside of government.  Most importantly, the consortium members believe that the program needs to move forward operationally without further delay.

Airports founding the consortium include Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport, Phoenix Sky Harbor, San Francisco International Airport, Denver International Airport, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority’s Reagan Washington National and Dulles International Airports, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Boston Logan International Airport, and the Port Columbus International Airport.

Airports and providers interested in joining the consortium should contact Colleen Chamberlain at colleen.chamberlain@aaae.org.

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RTIC Airport Roster

• Albany International Airport
• Atlantic City International Airport
• Bangor International Airport
• Blue Grass Airport
• Boston Logan International Airport
• Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority
• Dallas Fort Worth International Airport *
• Denver International Airport *
• Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport
• Flagstaff Pulliam Airport
• Fort Wayne International Airport
• Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood Int'l Airport
• Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority
• Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
• Greater Rockford Airport Authority
• Jackson Hole Airport
• Kent County Department of Aeronautics
• Lafayette Regional Airport
• Lambert-St. Louis International Airport
• Lihue Airport
• Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority
• Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority
• Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport
• Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport *
• Monterey Peninsula Airport
• Myrtle Beach International Airport
• Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport
• Northwestern Regional Airport Commission
• Palm Beach International Airport
• Palm Springs International Airport
• Peninsula Airport Commission
• Philadelphia International Airport
• Phoenix Sky Harbor *
• Pittsburgh International Airport - Allegheny County Airport Authority
• Port Columbus International Airport *
• Port of Seattle/SEA-TAC International Airport
• Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport
• Redmond Airport
• Reno Tahoe Airport Authority
• Rhode Island Airport Corporation
• Roanoke Regional Airport Commission
• San Francisco International Airport *
• Santa Barbara Airport
• Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport
• The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority’s Reagan Washington National and Dulles International Airports *
• Tupelo Regional Airport
• Waco Regional Airport
• Wayne County Airport Authority
• Wilmington International Airport
• Yeager Airport

* denotes founding member

http://www.rtconsortium.org/searchRoster.cfm