Canada Border Services Agency: Nexus Office

Frequent Flyers Dept: OTTAWA - A joint Canada-U.S. program that allows so-called "trusted travellers" to more easily cross the border is catching on with Canadian frequent flyers but some major airlines aren't keeping pace, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The Nexus cards are designed to make border security more efficient by allowing passengers who aren't considered a danger to go through customs more quickly, while border guards focus on travellers who have the potential to be high risk and a Canada Border Services Agency officer speaks with a traveller at the Nexus office at the airport in Ottawa, Tuesday May 8, 2012. A joint Canada-U.S. program that allows so-called "trusted travellers" to more easily cross the border is catching on with Canadian frequent flyers but some major airlines aren't keeping pace.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld Applications for Nexus cards have increased about 17 per cent since Canada and the United States began to more aggressively push the program earlier this year, causing some delays in processing applications. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.