ARINC Direct Simplifies APIS Reporting for Corporate Jets, Charters

ARINC Direct is streamlining its APIS (Advance passenger information system) reporting and verification services for business aviation that it offers through a partnership with SecureTRANSIT.

Following their combination announced in January, ARINC has integrated SecureTRANSIT's APIScontrol and APISadvisor Web-based applications into its standard flight services portfolio, which ARINC says it will offer its customers at no additional charge.

Bob Richard, an ARINC Direct's senior director for business aviation solutions, says this coupling will give Direct's Part 135 customers the same APIS reporting and verification "only airlines could afford until now."

APIS regulations now require cross-border flights in North America to report the identities of all passengers and crew.  Fines for non-compliance start at $5,000 per infraction and can go as high as $70,000 per flight.  The U.S. CBP (Customs and Border Protection) provides an APIS reporting interface, but many operators find it difficult to use.

ARINC Direct's APIS service will automate the manual tasks associated with collecting and manipulating passenger and crew data and filing APIS reports, including validating, submitting, and tracking the transmissions automatically.  It also will scan the data against CBP no-fly lists, and monitor "Ack" (acknowledgement) receipts, to give aircraft operators a complete audit trail of APIS activity on every flight.  03-02-2007.

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