You need to get prepared before you go to the airport to make your processing goes easily ESPECIALLY when you fly to the states.
Preparation before travel:
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/simplifly.shtm#1
Another version in Arabic and other languages:
- Arabic هل تسافر خلال مواسم الأعياد؟ سهّل رحلتك(pdf, 215Kb)
- Dutch (pdf, 111Kb)
- French (pdf, 127Kb)
- German (pdf, 113Kb)
- Hebrew (pdf, 242Kb)
- Italian (pdf, 127Kb)
- Japanese (pdf, 227Kb)
- Korean (pdf, 275Kb)
- Portugese (pdf, 142Kb)
- Punjabi (pdf, 161Kb)
- Spanish (pdf, 128Kb)
Airport Processing Times
Processing time from international airports to the states differs upon the destination,
http://www.continental.com/web/en-US/content/travel/airport/process/default.aspx
Security issues and bags
http://www.continental.com/web/en-US/content/news/travelnoticesecurity.aspx