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Oct 06, 2017 (newstodate): Avinor is to work for obtaining acceptance for the US security agency NSA to establish pre-clearance for passengers at Oslo Airport bound for destinations in the USA.
If successful, Oslo Airport would become the second in Scandinavia after Sweden's Stockholm Arlanda Airport where negotiations started already in 2015.
With pre-clearance in place, airports can offer passengers security and customs pre-clearance before starting the flight and ending up with speedy entry into their US destination.
The host nation will be obliged to carry all expenses including stationing of US staff and equipment.
One crucial requirement is, however, that an airport applying for this status must have at least one US-registered airline on routes to the USA, which is not the case in Norway where no US carrier has been operating since United Airlines pulled out from the route between Oslo and New York in September 2016.
In Sweden, final implementation of US pre-clearance would also require the passing of a new law to allow a foreign authority to operate within the country's territory.
Besides, with Delta Air Lines' suspension of services from next summer at Arlanda Airport, this project is also not in a stable process.
So far, Copenhagen Airport has not aired any intention of seeking US pre-clearance, which may also not be in the interest of the Scandinavian carrier, SAS.
If successful, Oslo Airport would become the second in Scandinavia after Sweden's Stockholm Arlanda Airport where negotiations started already in 2015.
With pre-clearance in place, airports can offer passengers security and customs pre-clearance before starting the flight and ending up with speedy entry into their US destination.
The host nation will be obliged to carry all expenses including stationing of US staff and equipment.
One crucial requirement is, however, that an airport applying for this status must have at least one US-registered airline on routes to the USA, which is not the case in Norway where no US carrier has been operating since United Airlines pulled out from the route between Oslo and New York in September 2016.
In Sweden, final implementation of US pre-clearance would also require the passing of a new law to allow a foreign authority to operate within the country's territory.
Besides, with Delta Air Lines' suspension of services from next summer at Arlanda Airport, this project is also not in a stable process.
So far, Copenhagen Airport has not aired any intention of seeking US pre-clearance, which may also not be in the interest of the Scandinavian carrier, SAS.