\u201cThat’s like taking all the fans from a single game at Raymond James Stadium for the Bucs, a Lightning game and a Rays baseball game, and having them converge on the airport in a single day,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, it’s a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n
In response, TPA is rolling out new upgrades to help alleviate congestion throughout the terminals.<\/p>\n
These improvements include:<\/p>\n
New arside shuttles.Real-time security waiting time updates.TSA PreCheck Touchless ID.Enhanced Passenger Processing (EPP) for international arrivals.Food ordering ahead through the Uber Eats app.Parking reservations in advance.<\/p>\n
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Tampa International Airport officials announced a series of upgrades during a press conference on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
Officials said these improvements should significantly reduce wait times.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs for the EPP program, you come up, step in front of a camera, that camera uses biometric technology to compare your face with your passport photo and you’re able to continue walking right through,\u201d Zimmer said. \u201cIt’s really sped up the process.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, travelers should expect delays.<\/p>\n
Zimmer advises travelers to plan ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs always, especially this time of year, we’re recommending that our passengers arrive two hours ahead of a domestic flight, three hours for international travel,\u201d he said. \u201cThat just alleviates any of the extra stress in case you run into a longer line when you’re coming through TSA security, or any other part of the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cConsider ordering food ahead through the Uber Eats or Starbucks app, and book your parking at least 24 hours in advance through our website.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As spring break creeps in, Tampa International Airport officials are preparing for one of its busiest periods of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-179068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}