<p>Luton and Liverpool airports already allow passengers to jump the security queue if they pay extra when leaving the country, The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday.<br />British Airways announced last week that customers must pay to choose their seats 24 hours ahead of travel.<br /><br />The new system at immigration will allow those who pay the charge of up to £50 to use a fast gate. <br /><br />The hi-tech gates are being installed to read new biometric passports, which have chips containing details of the distances between a person’s eyes, nose, mouth and ears.<br />However, at present only 19.7 million Britons have the new passports, which were introduced in March 2006.<br /><br />These people will be able to use the scheme free of charge, as will EU nationals with biometric travel documents.<br /><br />The fast-track subscription programme will be offered to about 28 million people in Britain without biometric passports.<br /><br />The scheme will also be made available to “trusted travellers” from outside the European Union, often business executives. <br /><br />It is designated to contribute towards the £7million needed to pay for extra gates at Heathrow, which are capable of scanning the new biometric passports.</p>
<p>Luton and Liverpool airports already allow passengers to jump the security queue if they pay extra when leaving the country, The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday.<br />British Airways announced last week that customers must pay to choose their seats 24 hours ahead of travel.<br /><br />The new system at immigration will allow those who pay the charge of up to £50 to use a fast gate. <br /><br />The hi-tech gates are being installed to read new biometric passports, which have chips containing details of the distances between a person’s eyes, nose, mouth and ears.<br />However, at present only 19.7 million Britons have the new passports, which were introduced in March 2006.<br /><br />These people will be able to use the scheme free of charge, as will EU nationals with biometric travel documents.<br /><br />The fast-track subscription programme will be offered to about 28 million people in Britain without biometric passports.<br /><br />The scheme will also be made available to “trusted travellers” from outside the European Union, often business executives. <br /><br />It is designated to contribute towards the £7million needed to pay for extra gates at Heathrow, which are capable of scanning the new biometric passports.</p>