But, he booked a flight from Manchester to Amsterdam, in preparation for taking a US-bound flight from there.

Both men were denied permission to board the US-bound flights after their names were "flagged" as being linked to potential Islamist terror groups.

A Nigerian accused of trying to bomb a US-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009 has told his trial in Detroit that he is pleading guilty to all charges.

Travellers were subject to many hardships, and since the security was not up-to-date, some US-bound flights were diverted to Japan in order to make the passengers go through a supplementary security-check.

The International Terminal serves international destinations, with most US-bound flights utilising the US Border Preclearance facilities in the International Terminal.

Comprising gates 1-19, Concourse A is used mostly for domestic outbound flights, although US-bound flights (without US Pre-Clearance) and other international flights sometimes depart from the A-gates.

When all Gates in the B/C section are "C" gates, then this walkway is closed due to US Customs & Border Protection pre-clearance for US-bound flights.

Gates 31 to 34 can also be used for US-bound flights and are shared with Concourse C. Gates 41, 42, 43 and 44 can be utilized for international arrivals and departures.

In April 2009, Volaris announced the start of US-bound flights out of Toluca and Guadalajara (initially to Los Angeles and Oakland) to feed into the hubs of Southwest Airlines.

the International Terminal, which includes a US Preclearance Annex for US-bound flights, was built by Chicago-based Architectura with Kansas CIty-based HNTB Corporation (1994-96)

In April 2010, a Qatari diplomat was arrested for having smoked in the toilet on a US-bound flight and having joked (upon questioning on flight) that he was trying to light his shoe, a reference to the shoe-bomber Richard Reid.