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Due to an increase of private air travel, which approximately is around 3,000 each year between the United States and Bermuda, concerned government agencies from both sides agreed that private jet users would enjoy a pre-clearance status from the US Customs.

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US Homeland Security Secretary welcomes this new development heartily since it would lessen potential threat to US soil as both the crew and the passengers will be checked before departing from Bermuda.

The agreement was forged in Washington between United States Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Premier Ewart Brown arranged by US Consul General Gregory Slayton.

Commercial airlines have been enjoying the pre-clearance thing since 1974 but it was only now that they feel that non-commercial flyers be included in that standard procedure as well.

This development will also help boost tourism in Bermuda and will encourage the elite tourists to go and visit the place especially now that it there are a lot of new hotels that were built to attract new tourists.

Both parties feel that the agreement is an indicator that there is a joint effort in making sure that travelers who prefer to commute by private jets be given the same convenience that those commercial flights have been enjoying since the 1974 agreement. This amendment showed the kind of relationship Bermuda, the United and U.K has over the years.