Indonesia Advance Passenger Information

Development of Indonesian API-PNR

• 2008 – Implementation of Advance Passenger Information (API) transmission system via SITA communication network
• 2009 – The new API system, non-interactive batch-style system, according to the API guidelines developed by the WCO, IATA and ICAO
• 2012 – Introducing the need of PNR for Border Management System in national level
• 2013 – Introducing the importance of PNR in APEC Meeting
• 2014 – Starting to build the PNR system based on PNRGov
• 2016 – At fourth quarter, fully implementation of PNRGov

What is PNRGOV ?

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) together with International Air Transport Association (IATA) & World Customs Organization (WCO) have developed standard message of PNR data exchange from Airline to Government for harmonized and cost effective approach in passenger data reporting and transmission from airlines to government.

Advance Passenger Information (API):

Collected from Departure Control Syatem (DCS):

1. Name
2. Sex
3. Date of Birth
4. Nationality
5. Passport No.
6. Date of Issuing Passport
7. Place of Issuing Passport
8. Origin
9. Inbound
10. Outbound
11. Booking code
12. Baggage (Amount, claim tag,weight)
13. Seat no
14. Flight no

Passenger Name record (PNR):

Collected from Airline/Computer Reservation System

1. PNR record locator code.
2. Date of reservation/ issue of ticket.
3. Date(s) of intended travel.
4. Name(s).
5. Available frequent flier and benefit information
6. Other names on PNR, including number of travelers on PNR.
7. All available contact information (including originator of reservation).
8. All available payment/billing information
9. Travel itinerary for specific PNR.
10. Travel agency/travel agent.
11. Code share information
12. Split/divided information
13. Travel status of passenger (including confirmations and check-in status).
14. Ticketing information, including ticket number, one way tickets and Automated Ticket Fare Quote (ATFQ) fields.
15. Baggage information.
16. Seat information, including seat number.
17. General remarks including Other Service Indicated (OSI), Special Service Indicated (SSI) and Supplemental Service Request (SSR) information.
18. Any collected APIS information
19. All historical changes to the PNR listed in numbers 1 to 18.

Difference in building between api & pnr system

• Data volume – up to 76 data elements for PNR compared to only 14 basic data elements for API;
• Data standardization – the API data standard is almost the same across airlines whereas PNR data differs widely;
• Frequency and timing of data transfer – data is provided only once for API, but five times for PNR;
• Communication to exchange data – most airlines in Indonesia use the SITA Network for API while different global distribution services (GDS) are used for PNR.

Momentum

• Initiative in APEC Sub-Committee on Customs Procedures on 2013 : Support for Standardization of PNR Data among Airlines in the Asia-Pacific Region
• APEC workshop on Passenger and Airline Data Interchange Standards and PNRGOV Message Standards : “Securing Travel Facilitation through PNRGOV” in Bali, Indonesia, in October 2013
• In third quarter of 2016 there will another APEC Workshop on implementation of API-PNRGov initiated by Indonesia, along with the progress that Indonesia has and experience from other countries in implementing PNRGov for risk assesment and travel facilitation.

Transmission

• PNR Data to be transmitted in PNRGOV Format
• The operating airline is also responsible for the provision of code share passengers carried to and from Indonesia

Network layer protocol

• Internet Protocol Virtual Private Networks (IP VPN)
• Internet Protocol Security (IP Sec)
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

Application layer protocol

• HyperText Transport Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• IBM WebSphere MQ

Message formats

• Electronic Document Interchange (EDI) in S/MIME
• Electronic Document Interchange (EDI) in Web Services
• Extensible Markup Language (XML)

Privacy & security of data

• Both the airline and Customs commit themselves to safeguarding PNR data that is stored, transferred, processed, used or disclosed
• Customs will handle that PNR data in a manner that complies with National legal and policy requirements for storage, security, privacy, use and official disclosure
• Access to PNR data is restricted to a limited number of Customs Officers
• PNR data will be stored within the Customs Data Centre, which complies with the ISO 27001-Information Security Management Standard

International instruments

Convention on International Civil Aviation

– International Treaty, Conference, Chicago, 1944
– 191 Member States
– Annex 9; Standards & Recommended Practices
– PNR Manual (Document 9944)

API/iAPI

– Guidelines on Advance Passenger Information by WCO/IATA/ICAO

PNRGOV Standards

– PNRGOV: Principles, Business & Functional Requirements
– PNRGOV: Message Implementation Guidelines

Revised Kyoto Convention

– Specific Annex J: Seeks international co-operation to standardize Advance Passenger Information

WCO Recommendation on API and PNR

UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2178, September 2014

G7 Foreign Minister Meeting Communique, April 15, 2015

Collaboration

• Join operation with relevant partner government agencies
• Join risk analysis with partner government agencies
• Connectivity with Immigration (travel document information)
•  Relevant partner government agencies:
  – Police
  – Immigration
  – National Narcotic Agency
  – National anti Corruption Commission
• Indonesia Customs as leading agency establishing API- PNR Programme in Indonesia.