A4A Passenger Facilitation Barbara Kostuk, Managing Director,
Passenger Facilitation September 2014
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About A4A Together with our affiliates, our members transport
more than 90 percent of U.S. airline passengers and cargo traffic.
o A4A Members: Alaska Airlines, Inc., American Airlines, Inc.,
Atlas Air, Delta Air Lines, Inc., FEDEX, Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.,
JetBlue Airways Corporation, Southwest Airlines Company, United
Airlines, Inc., UPS Airlines, US Airways; Associate Member: Air
Canada Airlines for America (A4A), is the trade association of the
principal United States airlines A4As National Airline Policy To
educate and encourage passengers, airline employees, communities,
businesses, shippers and investors to urge the federal government
to support a comprehensive policy which enables the industry to
increase air service across the nation. Five pillars: o Reduce
Taxes o Reform Regulatory Burden o Modernize Air Traffic System o
Compete Globally o Stabilize Process
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September 2014 A4A Passenger Facilitation Council Maintaining
close collaborative relationships with the Bureau of Customs and
Border Protection, other U.S. government agencies, and foreign
government agencies to provide industry input into the formulation
and implementation of regulatory initiatives; Assessing and
articulating the impact of regulatory proposals on the industry;
Establishing passenger facilitation priorities; Sharing information
among members and with other A4A councils as appropriate; Educating
the public, regulators and stakeholders regarding the airlines
passenger facilitation capabilities, limitations, and challenges;
and Developing consensus industry positions on passenger
facilitation issues of significance to the industry and advancing
those positions with regulatory agencies. Mission/Charter: The
mission of the A4A Passenger Facilitation Council is to identify
new and emerging issues and concerns on regulatory and legislative
proposals, develop consensus industry positions and proposed
solutions, and influence policy and implementation of regulatory
initiatives relating to passenger processing by Federal Inspection
Services. This will be achieved by:
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September 2014 What is Passenger Facilitation?
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September 2014 What is Passenger Facilitation? The entire
passenger international journey beginning with the reservation and
ending with the departure from the customs arrival at a foreign
destination This includes the integration of operations across the
stakeholder environments of airlines, airports and governments
Reducing unnecessary regulation and improving inspection procedures
to expedite the movement of people and goods over international
boundaries Overseeing development, coordination, application and
implementation of immigration and customs passenger programs and
the carriers worldwide passenger programs as they relate to
immigration and customs entry and exit compliance It involves:
Liaises with: Immigration and customs authorities around the world
on issues related to visas and government requirements for
passenger data
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September 2014 Passenger Facilitation Need to increase the
number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers to
handle increased traffic Expansion of Preclearance o CBP operates
U.S. border inspection facilities for the clearance of air
passengers and their goods at 15 locations in 6 foreign countries o
CBP and the U.S. Congress would like to expand to additional
foreign destinations New Technology for Clearing Passengers into
the United States o Trusted Traveler Programs such as Global Entry,
allowing approved registered travelers to enter the United States
without having to see a Customs officer o Automated Passport
Control (APC) Kiosks, allowing passenger to provide passport data
and entry information on a kiosk o Mobile Passport Control (MPC),
an APP allowing passenger to provide passport data and other entry
information prior to arriving in the Customs hall Biometric Air
Exit o DHS is testing ways to collect biometrics for foreign
nationals departing the United States at airports Harmonizing
Passenger Data Requirements o Foreign government requests for
Advanced Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Record
(PNR) data Current Issues
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September 2014 Harmonizing Passenger Data Requirements Today in
the worldwide aviation market o Over 120 countries collect API
data; with an additional 43 countries who have
authorized/anticipate the collection of API (from countries as
diverse as Albania to the United State) o There are 10 countries
who collect PNR data; with an additional 31 who have
authorized/anticipate the collection of PNR (from countries as
diverse as the Czech Republic to the Ukraine) Each country wants
its regulation to be implemented ASAP Each project must be
prioritized o Carrier IT resources generally unable to handle
multiple projects simultaneously o Most critical markets will take
priority o Programming on a single project can average 90-120 days
o Carrier must consider potential financial liabilities for failure
to meet project time-lines o Carrier must ensure compatibility with
other systems o Carrier must undergo connectivity testing between
carrier and government Carrier Challenges
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September 2014 Harmonizing Passenger Data Requirement Russia:
API inbound and outbound PLUS Overflight reporting India: New
outbound API requirement Mexico: PNR September 30, 2014 Brazil: API
inbound and outbound, PNR for many Japan: PNR push by end of 2014
Indonesia: API in 2014 Philippines: API (and PNR anticipated) by
end of 2014 Malaysia: API in 2014 Vietnam: API in 2014 United
Kingdom: Seeing API and PNR on select routes China: Combination of
requirements Australia: PNR push and Data Quality initiatives
United States: Data Quality initiatives Requests for 2014
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September 2014 Harmonizing Passenger Data Requirements France:
API and PNR European Union (EC): Multiple additional PNR Push
Requirements Bolivia: API Peru: Interactive API Ireland: API and
PNR Canada: Development of outbound API and interactive API
Anticipated for 2015
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September 2014 Harmonizing Passenger Data Requirements Russia
API/PNR Revised regulation published May 2014 waiting for a final
review and Presidential signature Calls for carriers to provide
overflight API data for passengers and crew beginning December 1,
2014 (Carriers who fly to Russia are already providing API for
passengers) o Overflight and crew reporting: requires complete API
data 24 hours prior to flights departure and then again at
departure Carriers rarely have full API data 24 hours out New
regulation on data privacy for Russian nationals adopted in July o
Which would regulate the collection, processing and storage of
personal data for Russian nationals o Could create major problems
for both carriers and GDSs whose data is stored outside of the
Russian Federation API and Overflight Reporting Passenger Name
Record The requirement to provide PNR data has been authorized, but
it has yet to be enforced
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September 2014 Harmonizing Passenger Data Requirements
Asia-Pacific Region India Inbound API is in force since 2011 New
requirement for outbound API that differs from the inbound
requirement (new non- standard messaging) Myanmar Planned
interactive API with an associated passenger charge for providing
the data (industry strongly opposes) Republic of Palau Announced a
non-standard API program in January 2014 Vietnam API in force via
the immigration authorities; Customs now wants separate API
provision Malaysia Moving forward with interactive API
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September 2014 Harmonizing Passenger Data Requirements The
Americas Bolivia Coordinating on implementation of an API regime
Want to impose a $5US per passenger fee to offset costs (opposed by
industry) Brazil API successfully launched PNR required issue with
EC privacy law Dominican Republic Industry awaiting changes to API
process Guatemala API authorized Mexico API in force Current PNR
exemptions (due to EC privacy laws) due to expire September 30
Turks and Caicos Interested in implementing an API regime United
States Carriers working with Customs and Border Protection to
improve API data quality
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September 2014 Harmonizing Passenger Data Requirements European
Commission Privacy Laws Prohibits in many instances, the transfer
of personal information from the European Union (EU) to a third
country unless the third country has procedures that adequately
protect that information o Information from passenger reservations
made within the EU cannot be transferred to third-country
immigration or customs agencies unless this adequacy determination
has been made Directly affects carriers who may carry a passenger
from the EU and then into a third country such as Mexico, Brazil
and the UAE whose legislation directs carriers to provide PNR data
about passengers on flights to their countries The EU has formal
agreements with the United States and Canada for the transfer of
PNR data, but has not entered into agreements with any other
countries The issue keeps growing as more and more countries are
requiring PNR data The issue puts the carriers in the middle of two
conflicting government requirements European Commission Directive
95/46/EC