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cajam31 Jul 20th 2007 3:34 am
can someone explain.......
 
this api on flights? i dont understand it!
i've booked flights for my husband and stepson for next week and just had to go back and enter their passport numbers and date of birth but was wondering why? its only for passengers flying from uk and switzerland that are flying into spain?
not really important, i am just curious :lol:
Thanks!

mrsjdr Jul 20th 2007 9:31 am
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It is for security reasons, believe it will be all of Europe in time

silverchick Jul 20th 2007 9:37 am
Re: can someone explain.......
 
Originally Posted by cajam31 (Post 5083231)
this api on flights? i dont understand it!
i've booked flights for my husband and stepson for next week and just had to go back and enter their passport numbers and date of birth but was wondering why? its only for passengers flying from uk and switzerland that are flying into spain?
not really important, i am just curious :lol:
Thanks!
It's what is called the APIS (Advance Passenger Information System) that has been in use to the USA for a goodly while and is being rolled out across Europe. It just happens that Spain is the first Schengen country to go live with it. It will, eventually, apply to all flights across national boundaries within Europe and is intended to allow the country of destination to detect the prospective arrival of undesirables before they get to immigration. Big Brother is watching You

lynnxa Jul 20th 2007 9:44 am
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Originally Posted by silverchick (Post 5084705)
It's what is called the APIS (Advance Passenger Information System) that has been in use to the USA for a goodly while and is being rolled out across Europe. It just happens that Spain is the first Schengen country to go live with it. It will, eventually, apply to all flights across national boundaries within Europe and is intended to allow the country of destination to detect the prospective arrival of undesirables before they get to immigration. Big Brother is watching You
you sound just like HG!;)

silverchick Jul 20th 2007 9:46 am
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Originally Posted by lynnxa (Post 5084741)
you sound just like HG!;)
Funny that!!!:rofl:

lynnxa Jul 20th 2007 9:47 am
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Originally Posted by silverchick (Post 5084764)
Funny that!!!:rofl:
:rofl::p

off to be absotively definately now


night all:zzz:

jdr Jul 20th 2007 10:26 pm
Re: can someone explain.......
 
Originally Posted by silverchick (Post 5084705)
It's what is called the APIS (Advance Passenger Information System) that has been in use to the USA for a goodly while and is being rolled out across Europe. It just happens that Spain is the first Schengen country to go live with it. It will, eventually, apply to all flights across national boundaries within Europe and is intended to allow the country of destination to detect the prospective arrival of undesirables before they get to immigration. Big Brother is watching You
Or it might just be that UK has not signed the Schengen agreement. ;-))

cajam31 Jul 21st 2007 2:29 am
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but why is only if u are flying from UK or Switzerland into Spain that it applies?

rugbymatt Jul 21st 2007 2:31 am
Re: can someone explain.......
 
Originally Posted by cajam31 (Post 5087090)
but why is only if u are flying from UK or Switzerland into Spain that it applies?
because neither have signed the Schengen

cajam31 Jul 21st 2007 4:16 am
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Originally Posted by rugbymatt (Post 5087095)
because neither have signed the Schengen
Ok thank you! :thumbup:


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