The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) stops expanding its “Gateside by TSA PreCheck” program, according to multiple aviation and travel outlets. The move halts the rollout to roughly 300 additional airports, leaving fewer participating airports and limiting the number of locations where eligible PreCheck members can escort people to the gate or meet arriving passengers.
Sources describe the program as a gateway-access feature that allows non-travelers to pass through airport security when accompanied by a TSA PreCheck member. While one outlet reports an abrupt pause affecting 301 airports, another says the expansion is rolled back without explanation and that the original pilot remains in place, continuing to operate at 13 locations.
The reporting does not cite a specific reason for the decision, and it varies slightly in the exact number of airports affected. However, all accounts agree that TSA has suspended the expansion rather than completing the planned airport rollout.
