Border Management

API PNR Gateway

Safeguard your borders by efficiently collecting required data

Product

API PNR Gateway

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What is SITA API PNR Gateway?

SITA API PNR Gateway offers governments and carriers a single-window data gateway for all travelers entering, departing, or transiting through their country. This solution simplifies information retrieval by improving data quality for a more enhanced data analysis.

A single interface of all information for governments and carriers

SITA API PNR Gateway offers a unified interface for governments to collect data from carriers which can be analyzed further. It helps governments to fulfil their international obligations under United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) pertaining to counter terrorism. It also allows carriers to seamlessly fulfill all government data obligations reliably in a single feed at the right time in the right format.

Complete coverage of all governments and carriers

SITA API PNR Gateway connects governments with carriers around the world. It supports multiple IATA standard message formats and multiple transportation standards. SITA API PNR Gateway also helps carriers comply with different government requirements and mitigates challenges associated with their own systems.

600

Today, there are over 600 airline carriers connected to the gateway, enabling fast implementation and certification

Offers governments one view of their inbound travelers

SITA API PNR Gateway enables a single window for all traveler data that integrates diverse data type (PNR, API, and DCS) which provides all the data they need to understand who will be entering, leaving, and transiting through their country. Interactive API (iAPI) can also be incorporated by seamlessly integrating with the SITA Advance Passenger Processing service.

15 million

API messages and over 100 million PNR messages are processed each year by our system

Data quality and visualization for carriers

SITA API PNR Gateway puts carriers in control of the data submitted and its quality, helping you to proactively detect invalid data, avoid government fines, and any operational impacts. It supports multiple data formats and transportation protocols. Data can be visualized per message/journey or traveler.

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Hosted Service Functionality

Govt Essentials

Standard Product

API and PNR Messaging (Type B for API and MQ for PNR from airline, MQ for both to government)

AS4, SFTP, Type X Messaging

DCS Messages (PNL, PRL etc)

Implementation and Support

Certification of Airlines with Government

Multi-Government Department reporting (1 department for Essentials customers)

API Messages forwarded in same format as received

Online Manual Entry

Message View Portal/UI (currently, no raw data view for airline)

Message, Journey (Flight) & Traveler Views Portal/UI

Data Quality and Machine Learning UI

Statistical Report for Messages

Additional Reports

Platform upgradeable to Standard API-PNR GW

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Proposed Limits

Government customer limit of up to 30 airlines and 15m annual passengers

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Optional Functionality (with extra charge)

Flight Tracker License (FlightAware. SITA FLIFO or equivalent)

Maritime Cruise Traffic

SITA Managed Service Support (Monitoring and Reports)

SITA will validate one connection and end-to-end data receipt for one customer but any Airline/Government certification is at customer expense

Other Additional Charges

The airline host system/supplier must be on SITA Borders ‘Approved Supplier’ list – there will be an additional charge to work with unapproved system suppliers

SITA will validate one connection/end-to-end data receipt for one customer as part of contract but any Airline/Government certification is at customer expense

Airline/Government certification

Supported by SITA Global Services

API PNR Gateway is supported by SITA Global Services (SGS), which provides global business continuity through a flexible service model. Our monitoring service ensures your IT systems are reliable and available, around the clock and around the world. Our experts proactively monitor your infrastructure, identifying and resolving problems before they impact your business.

“Governments can benefit a lot from choosing SITA API PNR Gateway. Our solution seamlessly integrates with border management systems to transform the way passenger data is handled. SITA API PNR empowers governments and, carriers such as airlines and cruise with efficient access to passenger record data, facilitating swift decision-making and enhancing overall security protocols. With its robust features and advanced capabilities, this product stands as a testament to SITA’s commitment to driving efficiency and security in border management.”

– Keith Surridge, Product Manager, API PNR Gateway

I would be delighted to share my thoughts in an online exploration session where we can further delve into how SITA API PNR Gateway can help you, which includes:

Assisting governments to fulfil their international obligations under UNSCR resolutions pertaining to counter-terrorism
Validating processed data, helping carriers to submit good quality data, and allowing governments to ensure the quality of the data received
Facilitates a validation tool with real-time feedback to airlines and governments
Enabling governments to comply with industry standards and regulations, providing a robust framework for handling PNR data
Optimizing government border management operations through centralized passenger information, enhancing efficiency and overall effectiveness

Join me for an informative online session where you’ll gain valuable insights and discover how SITA API PNR Gateway can help governments improve their operational process.

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See how customers are succeeding with SITA

We are glad to have adopted SITA’s tried and tested solutions, which have supported the smooth take-off of our commercial operations. Having a trusted industry partner makes a huge difference as we establish our offering, assuring passengers that we will provide the best experience possible while boosting our operational efficiencies. The SITA teams’ attentiveness to our needs from the outset only makes us more confident in our collaboration, which we look forward to continuing.

Alf Sagen, CIO, FLYR