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Old Mar 23, 2017 | 12:47 am
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Originally Posted by Justinus
Last November the Swedish authorities signed a contract about US Immigration Preclearance that will be installed at ARN.
It was not a 'contract'. It was more like a Memorandum of Understanding, which was to lead to a 12-18 month discussion period about the possibility of doing it.

Originally Posted by Steve_Hun
Really surprised about ARN though, didn't think that they have "enough" US bound traffic, that would justify the pre-clearance.
The press release announcing the signing of the agreement last November

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/nationa...rance-facility

mentions that in 2015 there were more than 1700 flights from ARN to the US, carrying almost 400 000 pax.

Originally Posted by duvin
Besides, didn't ARN pull out of the negotiations?
Do you have a link or reference for that?
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