ALEXANDRIA, Va. – August 15 -- Twenty seven more airports, including some of the nation’s largest and busiest facilities, have joined the seven founding member airports of the Registered Traveler Interoperability Consortium (RTIC) which is an effort from American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) and airports 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 a roster which is available at www.rtconsortium.org. A membership list is below.

“RTIC membership and interest is driven by the importance of a permanent, interoperable system for the industry,” Carter Morris, AAAE Senior Vice President said. “Registered Traveler is a program that needs to move at the speed of industry not at the speed of government and our members are working toward that goal.”

The RTIC will leverage existing airport programs and AAAE’s Transportation Security Clearinghouse network to provide an open, universal system to develop registered traveler solutions that allow airports, airlines and industry partners sufficient flexibility to tailor solutions to their local environment.

“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 Morris. “The Registered Traveler Interoperability Consortium is a group of airports 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 six themes: improving security, expediting passenger processing, creating passenger screening consistency, reducing the passenger “hassle factor”, developing a system that can be used nationwide and coordinating with TSA and airline partners.  Most importantly, the consortium members believe that the program needs to move forward operationally without further delay.

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. Working with the current RT providers and TSA while leveraging the technology and identity program expertise of Daon, a leading provider of identity management software, the AAAE Transportation Security Clearinghouse and its partners offer airports and industry participants the capability to implement solutions which will secure and protect their investment in these projects. Providing the assurance and confidence that the potential industry partners have certified their solutions into a common framework is key to supporting a national RT infrastructure.

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 Ft. Worth International Airport and the Port Columbus International Airport.

Airports and providers interested in joining the consortium should contact Carter Morris at cmorris@aaae.org.  Membership in the consortium is free to qualified parties.

RTIC Founding Members:

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

Port Columbus International Airport

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

RTIC Members

Albany International Airport

Bangor International Airport

Boston Logan International Airport

Flagstaff Pulliam Airport

Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood Int'l Airport

Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority

Greater Rockford Airport Authority

Jackson Hole Airport

Kent County Aeronautics Commission

Lafayette Regional Airport

Lambert St. Louis International Airport

Lihue Airport

Monterey Peninsula Airport

Myrtle Beach International Airport

Newport News International Airport

Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport

Palm Beach International Airport

Philadelphia International Airport

Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport

Redmond Airport

Rhode Island Airport Corporation

Roanoke Regional Airport Commission

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport

Tupelo Regional Airport

Waco Regional Airport

Yeager Airport

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