With growth comes change and the Vernal Regional Airport has announced new policies that travelers will want to make note of before arriving for any flight. “Starting April 29th, a new policy and new equipment for TSA will cause both Contour and TSA to significantly change their boarding process,” shares the announcement. “TSA is installing new equipment. This installation will drastically slow the security checkpoint process during the installation.” This means that beginning on April 29th, Contour will not be accepting baggage later than 45 minutes prior to departure time and the Contour counter will be closed 30 minutes prior to departure time. While TSA installs their new equipment, all other machines will be out of service so anyone flying out of Vernal on April 29th, 30th, and May 1st will be patted down and all bags will be physically searched by TSA personnel. “The necessity for continual pat downs and bag searches will decrease significantly after installation of new TSA equipment is concluded.” Direct questions to the Vernal Regional Airport.
