Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09HONGKONG515
2009-03-19 08:08:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Consulate Hong Kong
Cable title:
HONG KONG BUSINESS AVIATION CENTRE PARTNERS WITH
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UNCLAS HONG KONG 000515
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/CM
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR ASEC ECON OVIP HK
SUBJECT: HONG KONG BUSINESS AVIATION CENTRE PARTNERS WITH
TSA
UNCLAS HONG KONG 000515
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/CM
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR ASEC ECON OVIP HK
SUBJECT: HONG KONG BUSINESS AVIATION CENTRE PARTNERS WITH
TSA
1. (SBU) At a March 5 meeting, Hong Kong Business Aviation
Centre (BAC) General Manager Madonna Fung told visiting U.S.
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for
International Affairs, Cindy Farkus, that BAC would join the
Secure Fixed Base Operator Program (SFBOP) on April 1, 2009.
The SFBOP is a U.S. Transportation Security Administration
(TSA) public-private sector partnership program whereby fixed
base operators (BAC in this case) physically check the
identifications of passenger and crew against
charter/business planes' Air Passenger Information System
(APIS) filings. Pilots or their designees currently must
submit APIS information to U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) personnel in advance of flights to the U.S. Under the
SFBOP, BAC will notify TSA of its APIS verification checks
within 60 minutes of aircraft departure and highlight any
discrepancies. BAC is the only fixed base operator
supporting private/business aircraft in Hong Kong.
DONOVAN
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/CM
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR ASEC ECON OVIP HK
SUBJECT: HONG KONG BUSINESS AVIATION CENTRE PARTNERS WITH
TSA
1. (SBU) At a March 5 meeting, Hong Kong Business Aviation
Centre (BAC) General Manager Madonna Fung told visiting U.S.
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for
International Affairs, Cindy Farkus, that BAC would join the
Secure Fixed Base Operator Program (SFBOP) on April 1, 2009.
The SFBOP is a U.S. Transportation Security Administration
(TSA) public-private sector partnership program whereby fixed
base operators (BAC in this case) physically check the
identifications of passenger and crew against
charter/business planes' Air Passenger Information System
(APIS) filings. Pilots or their designees currently must
submit APIS information to U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) personnel in advance of flights to the U.S. Under the
SFBOP, BAC will notify TSA of its APIS verification checks
within 60 minutes of aircraft departure and highlight any
discrepancies. BAC is the only fixed base operator
supporting private/business aircraft in Hong Kong.
DONOVAN